unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
self-control; self-restraint
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to get out of bed; to show a leg
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
because of; owing to; due to
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
dull-witted; stupid; foolish