to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
agreement; stipulation; contract
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
very much; very many; more and more
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
each time it happens; at all such times
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity