patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to collect; to assemble; to gather
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
tubercle bacillus; tuberculosis germ
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
cultivation; nurture; culture
endemic disease; local disease
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
sending; forwarding; shipping
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
carelessly; inattentively
to give up searching (for someone or something)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
Japanese person; Japanese people
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
twice; again; second time
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity