empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to look away; to turn away
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
one's assessment of the situation
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
feel (of a material); texture
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism