to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
looks; personal appearance; features
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
fishnet stockings (tights)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
novel; original; new; innovative
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to make a fool of someone
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation