sad to say; how sad; alas
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
unproductive; counterproductive
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
hope of success; prospects of success
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
arrival of goods; goods received
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to escape from; to get out
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away