conviction; belief; confidence
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
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.)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
such; like that; that sort of; very
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to rebuke; to scold harshly
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
innocent; cherubic; childlike
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily