understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
being too late; losing one's final chance
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to recall; to remember; to recollect
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
every evening; night after night
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to comfort; to console; to amuse
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to feel; to sense; to experience
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
passing through without stopping; passing by
to see through; to see the true nature of something
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
radio DJ; radio presenter
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally