dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to step forward; to take a step forward
of course; certainly; naturally
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
care; precaution; guarding; caution
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
ability; capability; skill
order; command; life; destiny; fate
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
through; by way of; after; via
to like; to love; to be fond of
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to take (be in) charge of
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
will not do; do not; does not
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should