maintenance; preservation; improvement
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
three days and three nights
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
willpower; energy; vitality
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
outward appearance; apparent
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
seven (long cylindrical things)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to satisfy the requirements
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
two (long cylindrical things)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation