in the end; at the end of the day
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
speculation; thinking; meditation
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
adherence; sticking (to); fixation
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
together; mutually; fellow
narrator; storyteller; reciter
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
some time ago; the other day; at some time or other; once