dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
reading too much into (what ... says)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
everything; anything; nothing
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
race (of people); type of person
classification; categorization; sorting
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
six (long cylindrical things)
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
tradition; legend; folklore
every place; various places
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
harm; injury; evil (influence)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
anguished; distressed; worried; horny