anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to ask a question; to ask questions
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
suddenly; all of a sudden
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
man; male; masculine gender
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
way of speaking; intimation
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
corridor; hallway; passageway
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)