as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
everything; anything; nothing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
these guys; these fellows
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to begin; to set about; to start
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
schoolgirl; female student
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances