to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to become dim; to become blurred
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
sickroom; hospital room; ward
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
how admirably; how wonderfully; incredibly well; splendidly
deadly serious; deadly earnest
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
(very) patient; persevering
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
fighting sport; combat sport; martial art
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
fast walking; semi-jogging
unskilled; not very good at
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
self-interest; selfish desire
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to have a hard time of it
recompense; indemnity; atonement