to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
day by day; every day; by the day
to get strong; to gain strength
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
delusion; trick of the imagination
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
study; diligence; discount; reduction
(short) rest; breather; break
black and white; right and wrong
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
description; describing; depicting
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
student (esp. a university student)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
cushion; pillow; mattress
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot