compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
essence; true nature; substance; reality
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to pile up; to accumulate
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
how much; how many; to what extent
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
interruption; suspension; break
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
The Three Unifiers (Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu)
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
stifled (laughter); simmering
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)