importance; emphasis; stress
other than; excluding; without
willpower; energy; vitality
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
intensive; concentrated; focused
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
condolence call; visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
without sparing time for sleep
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
stabbing to death; putting out
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
personification; impersonation; embodiment
death; decease; passing away
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
a (single) moment; an instant
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant