confirmation; certification; ascertainment
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
order; sequence; procedure
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
nothing but; none other than
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
clothes; clothing; garments
river; stream; River; the ... river
rectangular company stamp; square company seal
all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; inappropriately dressed for the occasion
to hit hard; to strike hard
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to knock down; to knock off
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
water-based; aqueous; water-soluble
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
B-movie; B-picture; B-film
terrestrial broadcasting; ground-wave broadcasting
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture