speed; velocity; pace; velocity
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
third day of the month; three days
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
-less; lacking; non-existing
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
preference; priority; precedence
untouched; unused; intact
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
not yet fixed; undecided; pending