painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
this (very thing); this precisely
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to help each other; to cooperate
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
established policy; existing procedures
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
shipping charges; transportation expenses
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
to care for someone; to look after someone
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese