final scene; the end; finale
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
night watch; night guard; night shift
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
side gate; side door; service entrance
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
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)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to mix; to stir; to blend
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to head home; to leave for home
to have an idea; to have a clue
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to warm (up); to heat (up)