to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
short pause; short interval
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
craving for the limelight
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to slap; to strike; to spank
ridiculous; absurd; silly; laughable
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
sick person; patient; invalid
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
drama; play; powerful drug
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)