to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
master; teacher; stable master
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
war; battle; match; game; competition
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
the front; honest; upright; decent
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to say no more; to sink into silence
anything and everything; just about everything
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
closely-guarded secret; top secret
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
many; much; plenty; hardly
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
with these words; while saying