to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
the last moment; the very end
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
error; mistake; slip; bug
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to leave word; to leave a message
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to rest one's chin in one's hands
guardian; protector; patron; parent
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to run down (stairs, etc.)
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
doctor's visit; house call
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord