to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
evening sky; twilight sky
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
product; produce; result; fruit
glad countenance; joyful look
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
Japanese woman who readily sleeps with foreign men
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
other than; excluding; without
even if; even though; however; no matter how
long ago; already; a long time ago
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
whereabout; about where; how much
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
to become decrepit; to become senile
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
complicated and mysterious
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)