to be relieved; to feel relieved
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to mix; to stir; to blend
choices; alternatives; options
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
looking on (somebody) as hostile
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
not necessarily so; is not always true
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
on the occasion of; at the time of
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to join together; to combine; to join up
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
front; frontage; facade; main
opinion; point of view; visual point