restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
by sheer strength; by brute force
to intervene; to stop (something)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
one way or the other; either way
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to lose interest; to slacken off
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to do over; to remake; to resume
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
conviction; belief; confidence
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
just one person; only one
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
impossible to do (although wants to)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
as before; as ever; as it was originally
predation; eating prey; preying upon
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off