cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
for the present; for the time being
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
to rebuild; to reconstruct
sense of loss; feeling of loss
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
firm; unshakeable; resolute
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
outside of one's area of expertise
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
within; inside of; less than
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
very busy (person or thing)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
viewing as a problem; problematizing
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit