one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to kill; to beat to death
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
distinctive; characteristic
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
way of solving (a problem); solution
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to comb down; to smooth down
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
you could say that; that might be so