faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
series of battles; successive battles
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
order; command; directions; instructions
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
together; at the same time; same; identical
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to jump at; to be attracted by
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
observation; survey; watching
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
trembling from fear; trembling all over
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
pointing out; identification
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
alternately; by turns; one after the other
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
consequence; outcome; result; blame
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say