to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to bend; to warp; to curve
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
unexpected meeting; coincidence
hard-fought win; winning through perseverance
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
inner citadel; core; center; centre
woman who forced her husband into marriage
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected