to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
unimpressive; unimpressed
this world; the present world
being rampant; domination
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
complete change; about-face
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on