head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
library (usu. single-room); small library
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
in order; sequential; seriatim
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
supervised; under surveillance
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
big man; large man; tall man; giant
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation