force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
difference; variation; difference
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to speak; to hear a voice
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that's the way it is; such is life
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
memories; recollections; reminiscence
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
maple (tree); red leaves (of autumn); autumn colors; layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors; venison
pink-collar (i.e. service-industry worker)
handheld game console; portable game console
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to say no more; to sink into silence
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to knock down; to knock off
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
bedridden; confined to bed
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)