trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
way out; means to escape; escape route
moment; brief space of time
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to look away; to avert one's eyes
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
something; some kind of; for some reason
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
several weeks; a few weeks
fixed date; appointed day
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
self control; self restraint
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
unimpressive; unspectacular; unsatisfactory; undistinguished; lackluster; mediocre
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate