one's last moment; one's death; one's end
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
while; even though; despite
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
even more; still more; further
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
a cut above; one step above
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
confronting the enemy; hostilities
to pile up; to accumulate
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely