trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
health; healthy; sound; fit
contradiction; inconsistency
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
opposite side; opposition
the other day; a few days ago
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to jump at; to be attracted by
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants