pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
it's not like; it isn't as if
movie; film; motion picture
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
screening (a movie); showing
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
running time (of a movie)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring