to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
succession struggle; succession race
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
novel; story; (work of) fiction
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to have a rumor circulating
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
without; unless; have to do
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to pierce through; to break through
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to go past; to pass; to pass by
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
to subsist; to keep on living
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
regret; repentance; remorse
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
Prisma (satellite project)
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling