depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to turn out just as one wished; to come up to one's expectations; to play into the hands (of)
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
belief; faith; conviction
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
firm promise; definite promise
true state; actual condition; reality
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
closely-guarded secret; top secret
to ventilate; to let fresh air in
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine