falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
ninth day of the month; nine days
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
orphan; person without friends
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to be a matter of life or death
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to search for; to seek for; to look for
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
rate; late; rating; ranking
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
outside of; not covered by
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
under control (e.g. of territory)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard