to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
all; entire; whole; altogether
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd