underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to throw oneself (into an activity)
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
timewise; temporal; chronal
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
great cause; moral law; justice
billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone; (arch.) to use as an excuse; (arch.) to make a pretext of
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
of tender years; very young
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to hold fast; to protect to the end
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
total energy; all efforts
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth