great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
story; tale; talk; discussion
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
word mainly used in tanka; poetical word
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
singer; vocalist; amateur singer who records and uploads songs to online video platforms
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
this world; this life; world of the living
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
only; merely; but; no more than
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
chance; opportunity; occasion
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name