obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
weather-beaten; bleached skull
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to repeat; to do over again
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
one's heart; one's mind (feelings, bosom)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to say; to tell; to state; to do