unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
supply; provision; raising; procurement
information bureau; intelligence department
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
one's post; place of work; workplace
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
from now; from this moment; henceforth
temporary; transitory; short-lived
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
attendant; valet; servant; follower
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
(in) her way; peculiar to her
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
unexpectedly; surprisingly
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
forcibly; by force; against one's will
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain