even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
honorific/polite/humble prefix
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)