entreaty; appeal; petition
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
misrepresentation; false statement
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
bad influence; negative influence
one's wife and mistress(es)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
suspicion (of others); jealousy
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
softness; gentleness; weakness
on bad terms; at loggerheads
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
without cause; without reason
desperately; for one's dear life
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance