very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
polite; courteous; hospitable
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
being too late; losing one's final chance
sour look; surly face; pout
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
re-education; retraining; in-service training
yearning; longing for; deep affection
moment; brief space of time
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
to be born; to come into the world
powerful person; influential person
any of; either of; (to) any
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
curtain; hanging; bunting
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
to force one's way through
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
eternity; infinitude; immortality
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
center; centre; metropolis
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation