heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon)
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
modern civilization; modern civilisation
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
BC; Before Christ; biological and chemical (weapons)
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to the end; entirely; in full
within the year; before the year is out
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
shades of evening; dead of night
border patrol; border guard; border guards
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
script; libretto; scenario
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
enough is enough; no further!
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
dig site; excavation site
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to raid; to storm; to launch an attack (on); to mount an assault (on)
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
dark of the heart; depths of the human mind; (arch.) distress about one's beloved child
spa (mineral spring); spa (establishment with facilities for beauty treatment, weight loss, relaxation, etc.); health spa; spaghetti
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)