exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
third (base, baseman, gear)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
sea level; (surface of) sea
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
forcibly; against one's will
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
rear right; back right; right and behind
rear left; back left; left and behind
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
prickling; stinging; tingling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
in order; in turn; one by one
beyond that point; after that
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
desperately; for one's dear life
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on