shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
if so; in that case; in that situation
distant look; faraway look
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
mixed race; mixed parentage
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
in person; personally; directly
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about