the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
so; to such an extent; such
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
review (of learned material); revision
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)