single word; a few words; brief comment
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
impossible; unlikely; improbable
double suicide; lovers' suicide
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
middle of the night; dead of night
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to watch steadily; to stare
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
(liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
latest fashion; trend of the times