painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
similar color; similar colour
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
to prostrate oneself before
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
banquet or reception hall
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to compete with; to vie for
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
intensification; aggravation
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
murder; killing; murderer
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to thrust before; to thrust at
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict