to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to throw oneself (into an activity)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
double suicide; lovers' suicide
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
observation; survey; watching
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
double; twice (as much); twofold
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
when it becomes; when it comes to
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
surface of the earth; ground surface
well-cooked; well-done; browned
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
one's every action; every single move
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before