to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
difficult to ...; hard to ...
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
credit transaction; dealings on credit; margin transaction; margin trading
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
failure (e.g. of a bill, motion); falling through; rejection; miscarriage
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
killing two birds with one stone
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
jack of all trades, master of none
need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs
root; source; origin; cause
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
to be kind to; to treat kindly
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
to turn against; to become an enemy
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
lethality; killing effectiveness
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
unspecified large number (of people)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.