for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
small number; few; minority
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to have no chance (of succeeding)
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
chance (of success); odds
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
company fortunes; future of a company
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
the other day; lately; recently
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
every place; various places
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
hostility; antagonism; opposition
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
at the last moment; this late in the game
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word