if it is the case that ...
to have a hard time of it
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to subsist; to keep on living
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
if you do this; if this is the case
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple