race (of people); type of person
to summon courage; to be brave
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
failure; mistake; blunder
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to subsist; to keep on living
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
in that way; like that; that way
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to like; to love; to be fond of
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
conviction; belief; confidence
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
comfort; consolation; diversion
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
indeed; really; truly; very much
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
clothes hook; clothes hanger
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance