painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
pair; the two; both persons; both things
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
concreteness; feasibility
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to shout (in anger); to yell
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead