blunder; bungle; clumsiness
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
impossible; unlikely; improbable
chance (of success); odds
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
belonging to no party or school of thought
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to blow off; to be blown off
covering; protection; backing; relief
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
full throttle; full power
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to send or direct a person to
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)