mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
person who oversleeps; sleepyhead
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
falling over; toppling sideways
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to be sooty; to be stained
excretion; discharge; excrement
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to amuse oneself; to make merry
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
rope; cord; policeman's rope
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum