extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
shoji (paper sliding door)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
influence (on someone); inspiration
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
action committee; executive committee
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
repentance; confession; penitence
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
insurance; guarantee; warranty
literally; to the letter; literal
useless resistance; vain struggle
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
in name only; titular; nominal
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
abusive language; violent language; wild words
effective control (over territory); working control
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
cold-water ablutions (for spiritual purification)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region