verb phrase; verbal phrase
chief; main; principal; major
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
proposal; proposition; suggestion
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
author; writer; novelist; artist
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
I've got to be going; I must go
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
strong pressure; heavy pressure