the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
jokingly; in the form of a joke
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
copier paper; photocopying paper
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
fresh wound; fresh bruise
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
how; in what way; I wonder
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to