without; but if; otherwise; or else
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
pitch dark; total darkness
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
impossible; unlikely; improbable
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
here and there; in places
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to slide down; to slip down
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist