painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
that is to say; so that means
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
conversely; on the contrary
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
loss; defeat; counter for losses
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to squeeze out; to wring out
to comfort; to console; to amuse
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
rational; reasonable; logical
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
intuition; instinct; hunch
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap