to use up all one's strength
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
serious; not joking; straight
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
selection; choice; option
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
sorry; excuse me; thank you
life; living; I; me; student
every year; yearly; annually
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to go down in history; to remain in history
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
birth; creation; formation
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be needed; to be wanted
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from