physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to limp; to drag one's feet
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
sense of duty (obligation)
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to slide down; to slip down
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant