given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
main cause; primary factor
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
joint struggle; common (united) front
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to look attractive; to look nice
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to erase all trace of something
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
largest amount of money; maximum amount of money
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
you could say; you might say; verging on the
scattered; separated; dispersed
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)