standard; set; routine; decided
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
interruption; suspension; break
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to subsist; to keep on living
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
(political) power; authority; influence
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)