willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
to carry; to bring (to a place)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
the same generation; coeval
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
useless; vain; aimless; idle
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to continue to do; to persist in doing
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else