to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
grim; stern; stark; heartless
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
automatic; intransitive verb
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
fate; destiny; predestination
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard