to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
to await; to wait for; to expect
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
basis for decision; evidence for judging
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces; inkpot; ink bottle
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
short distance; close range
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
cowardly; spineless; weak-willed; fainthearted
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
an inch ahead; the immediate future
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already