fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
many; numerous; various; large number of
never mind!; don't worry about it
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
biting; gnawing; in constant pain; irritated
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to taste; to try (food or drink)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
observation; survey; watching
whispering into a person's ear
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
one thin flat object; one sheet
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
that's the way it is; such is life
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
life; living; I; me; student
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)