therefore; for that reason; such being the case
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
adoration; admiration; devotion
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
emotional strength; force of will
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
reception room; parlor; parlour
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to shake; to sway; to waver
matter of time; question of time
hey there; I say; see here
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to use up all one's strength
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence