hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
just because; even if; even though
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
if so; in that case; in that situation
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to fight to the bitter end
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
sincere; earnest; serious
though one didn't intend (expect) to
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally