artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
sense of values; values; value system
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to head home; to leave for home
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
good feeling; feeling good