strong pressure; heavy pressure
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
at that time; in those days
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
tide; current; tendency; trend
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
man; male; masculine gender
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to temper thoroughly; to train well
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
perfect; complete; flawless
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
belief; faith; conviction
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to hang (something) on the wall
upper half of the body; upper body
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh