discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
hell on earth; living hell
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
several hours; a few hours
shameless; shameless person
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to be nearing death; to be dying
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
far away in the distance; in the far distance
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to someone's name
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
car accident; automobile accident
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
(essential) utilities; lifeline
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation