contradiction; inconsistency
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
choice; selection; option
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead