some people; a few people; several people
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be prolonged; to drag on
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
particularly; only; in the case of
almost; roughly; approximately
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
jumping to a wrong conclusion
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate