desperation; despair; self-abandonment
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
unconditionally; as a rule
characteristic; feature; special quality
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
wrong; different; not like that
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
need for social approval and self-esteem
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
eternal life; immortality
all people; the whole nation
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
format; procedure; way of proceeding
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
high tide; high water; climax; high point
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable