to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to come to an end; to close the curtain
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
passage; path; route; one's way
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
true character; true heart; true spirit
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
main cause; primary factor
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
dead end; tragic ending (e.g. of film)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches