chance (of success); odds
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
recommendation; referral; endorsement
alluring; enticing; tempting; seductive
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
loved one; lover; sweetheart
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
show; exhibition; spectacle
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
end of life; death; annihilation
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
questions and answers; dialogue