effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to some extent; to a certain extent
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
genius; prodigy; natural gift
hard worker; hardworking person
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
match; game; bout; contest
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to shake; to sway; to waver
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire