mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
principal occupation; core business
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
feeling; sense; impression
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
curse; spell; malediction
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to approach; to draw near
two persons; two people; pair; couple
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to gather; to collect; to assemble
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
request; favour (to ask); wish; please