explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
alternately; by turns; one after the other
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
indeed; really; truly; very much
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to cause to swell; to inflame
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
ash; embers; complete destruction
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
please (give me); please (do for me)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
life imprisonment; life sentence
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
even if; even though; however; no matter how