as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
even though; despite; when
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with