unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
even though; despite; when
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to step back; to walk backwards
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
inheritance; something given or received
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
technique; art; skill; move
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
gifted education; special education for gifted children
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
sense of values; values; value system
separation; farewell; parting
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
black lustre; black luster