goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
choices; alternatives; options
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
newly appointed; inaugural
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
normalcy; normality; normal
preparation; provision; guarding
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
indoor dog; dog kept indoors; house dog
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
ingredient; component; composition
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
interior; inside; internal
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
partly open; in half bloom
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base