tedious; boring; being fed up with
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
killing and wounding; bloodshed
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
rookery; breeding grounds; nesting place
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
water's edge; beach; foreshore
sign; indication; omen; symptom
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation