idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
drama; theatre; theater; play
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre