critical hit; enemy attack dealing heavy damage; devastating blow; crippling strike; crushing damage
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
naturalization; naturalisation
stubborn; obstinate; self-willed; headstrong
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
useless resistance; vain struggle
to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
underestimation; undervaluation
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
pseudo-romance; pseudo (mock) love affair
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
casting; cast-metal object
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
graduate; alumnus; alumna
notice; notification; report; notification (on a smartphone, PC, etc.)
combined junior high and high school
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
cheap article; poor-quality article
to feel inferior; to feel small