what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
in its entirety; whole; wholly
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
power; authority; jurisdiction
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
in the morning; during the morning
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to be needed; to be wanted
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer