to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
endurance; perseverance; patience
to repeat; to be frequent
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
remaining; left-over; excess
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
loading; charging; filling
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
innocent; not guilty; harmless
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to go along; to walk along; to follow
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
silence; stillness; quietness
weekly publication; weekly magazine
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed