fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
possession; retention; maintenance
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
endurance; perseverance; patience
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
study; research; investigation
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
ardent; passionate; vehement
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
only; just because; although; even; at (place, time); in (time span)
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
reason; logic; method; system; order
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
guess; conjecture; surmise
diplomatic papers or documents
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
because of; owing to; due to
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)