necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
you (plural); all of you; you all
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
forced laugh; forced smile
but; however; even though; even if
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
everything; anything; nothing
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
while; during (the time when)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
dominion; territory; possession
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
these guys; these fellows
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to watch for an unguarded moment
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to chase; to run after; to pursue
desperation; struggle to the death