to need; to call for; to require
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to subsist; to keep on living
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to be born; to come into the world
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
to be prolonged; to drag on
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
charging with gunpowder; charge of gunpowder
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious