half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
rather; sooner; preferably
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
embodiment; realization; materialization
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to be perturbed; to be agitated
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
way; method; means; resource; course
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)