complete change; about-face
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
to be a matter of life or death
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
isolation; being alone; being friendless
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
authority; power; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
imagination; supposition; guess
to gather; to collect; to assemble
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
same; similar; (just) like; equal
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
connection; link; relationship
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!