to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
absence; disregard; indifference
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to take over; to hand over
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
care; precaution; guarding; caution
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
senior high school student
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to feel; to sense; to experience
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
way (of doing); manner; method; means
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
clearing one's throat; cough
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
not necessarily so; is not always true
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
practice; practising; experience
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something