test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
ability score (in role-playing games, etc.); attribute value
foundation stone; cornerstone
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
inferior position; inferior situation; disadvantage; subordination
complementation; supplementation; completion
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
means; way; method; measure
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to have meaning; to be meaningful
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
don't worry about it; forget about it
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
another time; some other time
drinking bout; merrymaking
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
sidewalk café; footpath café
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with