one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
please (give me); please (do for me)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
proposal; proposition; suggestion
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
nature; property; disposition
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to collapse into; to flop onto
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
to be smeared; to be covered
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
flour; meal; powder; dust
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten