to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
number one; first; best; most; game; round
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
book; volume; this; present; main; head
that's the way it is; such is life
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to pick up; to find; to gather
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
grimoire; manual of black magic; book of magic and spells
to be absorbed in reading
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding