gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
divine spirit; (Shinto) god; soul (of a dead person); spirit
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
bright green; chartreuse green
hypostasis; locative case
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
every evening; night after night
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
distortion; falsification; perversion
usefulness; utility; being orderly; being proper
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
word; term; language; speech
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous