influence; effect; impact
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
decision; determination; resolution
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
comparison; something worthy of comparison
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
fast walking; semi-jogging
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow