beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
loveable; very likeable; like very much
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
chapter one; first chapter
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely