instability; insecurity; crankiness
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
without cause; without reason
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
exploitation; overuse; abuse
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
before ... days (months, etc.)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that