assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
light; right; right field; right fielder
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to be able to manage somehow or another
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
changing room; dressing room; locker room
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
trauma (usu. psychological)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
high and low; rise and fall
difference; variation; difference
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky