lateness; tardiness; arriving late
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
hateful; detestable; loathsome
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
carrying voice; well-projected voice
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
flexible (person); open-minded
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
isolation; being alone; being friendless
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to discuss; to talk together
to shake; to sway; to waver
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to lend an ear to; to listen to
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited