awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
desperately; for one's dear life
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
chance; opportunity; occasion
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
one edge; one end; one side
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
to be fated; to be linked by fate
the way back; the way home; return trip
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
(in the same way) as before; as always
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
straying; wandering (off course)
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
not understanding; not knowing
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to need; to call for; to require
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout