what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
(sound of one's) heartbeat
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
comma; decimal point; radix point
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
simmering; (boiling) gently
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
everybody; every last one of them; all