collapse;  crumbling;  breaking down;  (radioactive) decay;  disintegration
 fictitious;  imaginary;  fanciful;  aerial;  overhead
 character;  personality;  (fictional) character;  letter;  character
 to spew venom;  to speak ill (of people)
 via;  through;  by doing;  by means of;  using
 mind;  spirit;  attitude;  mentality;  spirit (of a matter);  essence
 gradually;  steadily;  slowly;  little by little;  step by step;  by degrees
 stability;  steadiness;  equilibrium
 to take back;  to regain;  to get back;  to recover
 please!;  I'm asking you;  for heaven's sake
 talk about divorce or separation
 academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)
 to torment;  to pain;  to inflict (physical) pain;  to harass;  to cause (emotional) pain;  to afflict
 to employ;  to hire;  to charter
 link (e.g. in a chain of events);  part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.);  monocyclic
 to throw out;  to fire;  to expel;  to give up;  to abandon;  to neglect
 pain;  anguish;  distress;  suffering;  hardship
 to attack;  to assail;  to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.);  to make a sudden visit
 to have an idea;  to have a clue
 to be surprised;  to be astonished
 Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)
 pain of love;  love troubles
 to bring someone happiness;  to make someone happy
 zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
 thesis;  essay;  treatise;  paper;  article
 rough;  crude;  sloppy;  miscellaneous
 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.);  to turn on (a light)
 difficult to ...;  hard to ...
 tired;  frazzled;  tiresome;  tiring;  draining
 farewell;  adieu;  goodbye;  so long
 advance warning;  previous notice;  announcement;  herald;  harbinger;  forerunner
 to be delighted;  to be glad;  to congratulate;  to gratefully accept
 unfathomable;  inestimable;  immeasurable
 number (in a series);  (one's) turn;  watch;  guard;  rank;  standing;  bout
 to jump down;  to jump off;  to jump from;  to jump out of
 to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours);  to be moved up;  to be hasty;  to be rash;  to quicken;  to speed up
 still;  much more;  (not) yet;  still a long way to go;  still a long way off;  not there yet
 influencer (e.g. on social media)
 assistant;  helper;  assistant (to a professor)
 to collect;  to put (it all) together;  to summarize;  to aggregate;  to bring to a conclusion;  to finalize
 extraordinary;  special;  exceptional;  non-standard grammatical construction;  ungrammatical usage;  solecism
 to pull out;  to take out;  to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable);  to summon (e.g. to court);  to withdraw (money);  to draw