difficult to ...; hard to ...
yearned for; longed for; missed
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
this world; this life; world of the living
noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
that's a different matter; that's a different story
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
double suicide; lovers' suicide
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to die; to lay down life's burden
nature; property; disposition
to spend time (on doing something)
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to overflow from something full
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
acid; sourness; sour taste
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
although I say; although one might say; although called
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness