calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
duty; obligation; responsibility
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
to go ahead; to pull ahead
way one walks; one's walk
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
briskly with small steps; trotting