to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
complication; confusion; disorder
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
uselessly; pointlessly; in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; idly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
characteristic; feature; special quality
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to speak ill of; to disparage
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
whichever one chooses; either way
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
birds of a feather flock together
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
if you think about it; come to think of it
several times; a few times
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
image; figure; figure; form; image
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
influence; clout; leverage