to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
odds and ends; all; every
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
sense of loss; feeling of loss
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
position; location; base; point; site
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to slap; to strike; to spank
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
innocent; cherubic; childlike
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
at work; in the midst of work; working
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
expression; look; countenance; face
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
silence; stillness; quietness
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness