to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
choices; alternatives; options
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
trauma (usu. psychological)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)