to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
practical question (problem); practical matter
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
instead; but (on the other hand)
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
exploitation; overuse; abuse
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
since when; from when; how long