tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
having said that; on the other hand
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
to be given up; to be discontinued
and in addition to that; even so
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
to have a narrow escape from death
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
waste; uselessness; redundance
talk; story; conversation
direct descent; direct line
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
from where one sits; while sitting by
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
standard value; reference value; nominal value
provisional; temporary; tentative