measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to have a hard time of it
insurance; guarantee; warranty
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
chicken bones; chicken carcass
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
condition; situation; prospects
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
main; principal; chief; primary; major
hell on earth; living hell
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss