art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to drink up; to drain (cup)
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
as; because; with; due to
partly open; in half bloom
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to begin talking; to open up
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
empirical; from experience
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance