to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
real life; actual life; everyday life
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
no, not like that (but like this)
omniscience and omnipotence
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); to come to an end; to finish
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of