futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
devil; evil spirit; genie
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
reason; cause; circumstances
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
alone; by oneself; on one's own
all; entire; whole; altogether
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
it is not (like that) either
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
how many years; how long; what year
something like ...; something called ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase