lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
originally; by nature; from the start
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
results; record; grades; marks
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
school of one's (first, second) choice
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
study; diligence; discount; reduction
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving