crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
endurance; perseverance; patience
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
and yet; though; when; in spite of
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
scenery; scene; landscape
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to burst open; to pop; to split
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
(in) the air; midair; sky