attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
connection; link; relationship
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
bet; wager; stake; gamble
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to brave a danger; to take a risk
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
discretion; consideration; allowance
retort; back talk; backchat
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to become keen on; to get passionate about
self-examination; reflection
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
karma (from one's previous life)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
strong interaction; strong force
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
mistress; kept woman; concubine
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
older brother; elder brother
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)