crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to be born; to come into the world
rather; sooner; preferably
few decades; many decades; several decades
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to become better; to improve
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to have meaning; to be meaningful
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to say no more; to sink into silence
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
as if it were about oneself
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be kind to; to treat kindly
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise