perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to break the silence; to break one's silence
protracted war; war of attrition
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to look around; to survey
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to grimace; to make a wry face
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
certainly; surely; definitely