worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
for this very reason; that is exactly why
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
role of the villain; the bad guy
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
something small; something petty; trifle
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
role; part; job; assignment
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
lightly; easily; carelessly
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
at least; at most; (even) just
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to wander; to roam from place to place
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations