to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
half and half; fifty-fifty
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
authenticity; credibility
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical