solitude; loneliness; isolation
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
comfort; consolation; diversion
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
day after day; day by day
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
primary school; elementary school; grade school
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
genuine; authentic; true; real
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be worth it; to pay; to be profitable
all; entire; whole; altogether
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to flare up; to burst into flames
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
will not do; do not; does not
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly