anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to become better; to improve
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
single word; a few words; brief comment
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to show up; to appear; to turn up
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse
long ago; a long time ago; already
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
starting line; starting point
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with