aloneness; loneliness; solitude
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
guess; speculation; supposition
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
together; at the same time; same; identical
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
extremity; end; bound; limit
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to miss a chance; to fail to do
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
initiative; prior consideration
at first; in the beginning; originally