to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
physical condition; state of health
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
pillar of fire; blazing column
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
emotional strength; force of will
to straighten up; to sit upright
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
in spite of; regardless of
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to bring; to take; to bring about
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening