desperately; for one's dear life
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
critical moment; do-or-die situation
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
time; season; period; phase; stage
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
please; somehow or other; one way or another
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
regular time; stated period
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
answering machine; answerphone
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to feel; to sense; to experience
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
arm; skill; efforts; ability
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up