focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
landing; alighting; touch down
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to go too far; to go to excess
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
occupation; calling; livelihood
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to feel inferior; to feel small
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to correct oneself; to restate
long time; long interval; for quite some time
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
laughing while reminiscing
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware