harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
to call in; to invite; to bring in
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to crawl towards; to creep up to
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
speaking of ...; as for ...
religious ecstasy; religious exultation; ecstasy; rapture
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
beyond comparison; incomparable
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
business world; business circles; (the) industry
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
distant place; faraway location; far away
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to claim victims; to leave casualties
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
source of river; fountainhead
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to kill; to choke the life out of
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
otherwise; if not; or else
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly