faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
opening and shutting; opening and closing
speech; expression; wording; language
ray (of light); beam; light
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
story; tale; talk; discussion
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
proposal; proposition; suggestion
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten