gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
sanity; soundness of mind; prudence and discretion; (arch.) drunkenness
chance (of success); odds
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
complete; whole; perfect; safe
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
to make (a person) pay for (something)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)