cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
fluent (in a language); flowing
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
accumulation; accumulate; store
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
back (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular