in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to pass (of time); to elapse
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
surroundings; environs; circumference
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to sit down; to take a seat
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
as usual; as is one's habit
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
such; this sort of; like this
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
large number (of); many; majority
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
purity measure for gold; karat; carat; personality of a person born under the element of fire
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)