strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
nice; likeable; desirable
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
recovery; undoing; recall
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to make an appeal; to urge
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
without permission; without notice
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to go past; to pass; to pass by
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe