reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
to look away; to turn away
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
correction; revision; amendment
preparation; arrangements
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
a pair (of shoes or socks)