to stick it out (until the end)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
performance of one's official duties
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
accomplishment; execution
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
rather; sooner; preferably
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
end; close; conclusion; termination
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer