to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to sink (into); to get depressed
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
while; even though; despite
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
offender; criminal; culprit
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
without leaving any trace
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos