high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
impassioned speech; fervent speech
interruption; suspension; break
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
deep dish; dish with a high rim; tureen
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)