tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to torment; to torture; to harass
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
succession; continuation; series; sequence
evident; plain; distinct; clear
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
the reason is ...; it is because ...
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance