having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
anything and everything; just about everything
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
influence; effect; impact
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
junior high school student; middle school pupil
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
to exaggerate; to overstate
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
time; season; period; phase; stage
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
that is to say; so that means
curiosity; inquisitiveness
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above