to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to fight a battle; to have a fight
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
people; citizens; subjects; folk
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
hegemony; leadership; initiative
nothing but; none other than
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
episode; anecdote; vignette
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
living room (Japanese-style)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
reinforcement; strengthening
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
electrically powered; electric
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate