self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
repentance; confession; penitence
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
war; battle; match; game; competition
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
incident; affair; happening; event
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
reason; cause; circumstances
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
I see; that's right; indeed
beforehand; in advance; previously
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
Island; insula; island; islet
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan