painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
just one person; only one
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
impossible; unlikely; improbable
strong interaction; strong force
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
form; shape; figure; visage
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
rather; better; instead; if anything