mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
patterns of thinking; train of thought
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
surgery; surgical procedure
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to clamber (up); to scale
decision; settlement; definition
(how) many times; (how) often
exchange of blows; long rally
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
on the occasion of; at the time of
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
interval; break; pause; spare moment
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
madness; craziness; insanity
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to talk; to chat; to chatter
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
planting; planting out; transplanting