strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
true state; actual condition; reality
very young; little; childish; immature
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
occupation; calling; livelihood
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
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
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
polite; respectful; reverent
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
stomach ache; abdominal pain
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
personal; individual; private
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
last night; yesterday evening