sanity; consciousness; soberness
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
choices; alternatives; options
instead; but (on the other hand)
one's physical safety; personal security
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
suddenly; all of a sudden
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
environment; circumstance