difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
food and drink; eating and drinking
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
hell on earth; living hell
home page; web page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.); hit point
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to pretend; to act (as if)
isolated and helpless; alone and unassisted
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
attention seeker; look-at-me
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
in the city; within the city