unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to snap; to break (under pressure)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
sense of duty (obligation)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to turn against; to become an enemy
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
curse; spell; malediction
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
right to choose; a say; option
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
you could say; you might say; verging on the
questions and answers; dialogue
long ago; a long time ago; already
brief (amount of time); short
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
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)
complicated and mysterious
first cry of a newborn baby
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to await; to wait for; to expect
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy