to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
bygones; the past; past event
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
cesspool; sink; manure sink
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
top of the head; crown of the head
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
internal organs; viscera; intestines
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
living thing; organism; creature; biology
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
this world; this life; world of the living
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
support; backing; aid; assistance
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)