miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to speak; to say; to vocalize
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
now; the present time; just now; another; more
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to serve; to work for; to attend
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
blood relationship; blood relative
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
tool; implement; means; furniture
nothing but; except; no more than
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix