in the end; on top of that
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to incur someone's enmity
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pry; to prize; to prise
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
immediate follower (of the shogun)
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)