poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
it's not like; it isn't as if
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
throwaway; disposable; single-use
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
letting (someone) die without helping
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to spend time (on doing something)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
influencing (a person) for good
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)