hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to refuse; to decline; to deny
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
determination; resolution
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
attenuation; damping; decay
unique; peculiar; special
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food); licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
driving skill; one's skill as a driver
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
interval; step; pitch; key
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
melancholy; gloom; depression
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked