putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa and Amami)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
there is nothing; having nothing
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
simply; merely; only; solely
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
thereupon; shortly thereafter
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
splish-splash; with a splash