hard struggle; strenuous effort
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
sea of blood; pool of blood
numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
minority group (party); minority
majority group (party, faction)
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
moving (to a new place); moving in; transfer (to a new school)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
since one was born; (in) all one's life
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
moderate; proper; just right
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
ardent; passionate; vehement
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations