to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
hair that is smoothed down
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to prostrate oneself before
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
reason; cause; history; origin
un-; non-; negative prefix
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to arrive; to come to pass
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
decisive; resolute; drastic
otherwise; or else; if not
the scruff or nape of the neck
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
reason; cause; circumstances
every place; various places
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
along the way; along the road
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation