effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
along; parallel to; in accordance with
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
patient; unhurried; leisurely
either way; in any case; one way or another
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
waiting for the traffic lights to change
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
throwaway; disposable; single-use
creation; generation; formation; derivation
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
inattention; absent-mindedness
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out