to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
decision; determination; resolution
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
(something) despised; (something) made light of
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
the first and second; a few
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
to sit down; to take a seat
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
emotional strength; force of will
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move