to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to concern; to be related
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
consumption; expenditure; spending
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
war; fighting; fierce competition
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)