eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
though; notwithstanding; although
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
resignation (from a position)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
headquarters; head office; main office
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
Island; insula; island; islet
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
near; close; beside; third person
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)