to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
at someone's (something's) mercy
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
sympathy; empathy; response
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
speaking voice; talking voice
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to be muddy; to be slushy
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
being too late; losing one's final chance
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to feel depressed; to be down
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness