personal feelings; self-interest
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
persevering; very patient
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
dangerous position; peril
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
power; authority; jurisdiction
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
useless resistance; vain struggle
beyond one's means or position
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
to exert oneself; to make efforts
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to continue (going along some trend)
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
remarkable; striking; obvious
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen