being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
starting late; late departure
it hasn't been long since
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
how many people; a number of people
preface; introduction; preamble
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
arbitration; intercession; mediation
as a child; when one was a child
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property