cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
perception; sensing; noticing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
all times and places; all ages and countries
main cause; primary factor
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
although I say; although one might say; although called
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
request; appeal; claim; purchase
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly