in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
lack of harmony; lack of balance; lack of coordination; ataxia
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
evaporation; dehydration; desiccation
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
stay of execution; suspended sentence
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather