effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
severely beaten up; thoroughly defeated; completely destroyed; severely damaged; battered; beat-up
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
considerably; greatly; a lot
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
order; command; directions; instructions
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
form; shape; figure; visage
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series