distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
simmer; bubble out; flow out
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to be in focus; to come into focus
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; dimly; hazily; faintly
to become possible; to become able to (do)
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
board chairman; managing director; chief director
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
weather; fair weather; fine weather
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion