unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
matter for great congratulation
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
federation; federal state; United States of America
(national) capital (city); metropolis
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
to complain; to make a complaint
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
in one's own way or style
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
to rock; to shake; to swing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
to shake off; to throw off
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to have a talk; to tell a story
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
danger; peril; hazard; risk