to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
material; substance; matter
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
group; bunch; crowd; group
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
description; describing; depicting
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to carry out one's mission
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
one's own child; one's own children
discipline; training; teaching manners
invisibly; secretly; privately
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat