choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to dye; to colour; to color
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
change in appearance; transformation
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; serenity; quietness
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
between times; when there's a spare moment
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
mysterious phenomenon; weird phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
having ended; being resolved
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
second train to depart; following train; next train
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
explosion; rupture; break off
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead