black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
finishing blow; coup de grâce
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
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 need; to call for; to require
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)