to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
way; method; means; (technical) specification
seasonal goods; seasonal items; item of short-lived interest; faddish product; ephemeral work
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
out-boxing; hit-and-run; striking and running away
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
free-to-play; without paying
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
charges; billing; paying for items in online games
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
influential person; man of importance
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
biological parent; real parent
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to be worried; to be troubled
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
how; in what way; in what manner
even if; even though; however; no matter how
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
every month; each month; monthly
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum