finishing blow; coup de grâce
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
trauma (usu. psychological)
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to crumble away; to collapse
very great; enormous; serious
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
survival; survivor; relic
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
regular customer; valued client
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
very likely; very probable
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
I have nothing to do with it
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender one's body
son of a bitch; piece of shit
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
storage room; storeroom; lumber room