illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; woman; -ass
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
self-questioning; to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself
had better ...; may as well ...
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to be hot on a person's heels
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move