admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
there being no use in arguing (about it)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
ready with a rifle leveled
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be overcome with emotion
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to become very angry; to be furious; to fly into a rage
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
sword; blade; single stroke
to begin shooting; to shoot out
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding