effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
very much; very many; more and more
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
because; for; the reason why is ...
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
for example; for instance; e.g.
that is to say; so that means
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
charming; fascinating; attractive
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
in case of; at that time; at this time
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
dealing with; coping with
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly