you could say; you might say; verging on the
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to beat back into shape; to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline; to straighten (someone) out
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
eastern part; the east (of a region)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
hybridization; crossing; mixing
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
combat power; fighting strength
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
to get strong; to gain strength
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
(hand) towel; handkerchief
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
each time it happens; at all such times
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
from the beginning; from scratch
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion