while alive; during one's lifetime
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to wave a flag; to show the way
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
completion; perfection; accomplishment
rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno