strictly; severely; rigidly
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
in that way; like that; that way
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to be free; to be available
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
one's house; one's home; one's family
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
change; alteration; modification
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
advance; moving forward; progress
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
series of battles; successive battles
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
(fish) biting at every cast
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank