on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
contract; compact; agreement
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to apologize; to apologise
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
storehouse; warehouse; godown
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
curse; spell; malediction
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says