to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
short pause; short interval
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
useless resistance; vain struggle
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
much less; to say nothing of
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
pointing out; identification
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
tedious; boring; being fed up with
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
being startled; getting a shock
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
having not the slightest idea
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to become desperate; to give in to despair