to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
vicious circle; vicious cycle
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to try all possible means
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
one's long-cherished desire
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
memories; recollections; reminiscence
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
charging (someone) with responsibility
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one