to have meaning; to be meaningful
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
one end; an end; part; fragment
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
important person; strategic person; key figure
will; intent; desire; will; testament
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rather; sooner; preferably
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to turn against; to become an enemy
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
ripple (on water); wavelets
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way