spirit; heart; disposition
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mishear; to fail to catch; to miss (the chance to hear)
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
preservation; retainment; keeping
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to not take seriously; to take lightly
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
contest; comparison; competition
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
bundle; control; management
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
each party; each faction; all sects
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
make hay while the sun shines
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
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
interference; intervention; meddling
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull