diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
physical work; manual labour (labor)
absorption; suction; attraction
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
living by oneself; living alone
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to make a success in life
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
polish; improvement; burnishing
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
to thrust before; to thrust at
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to overflow from something full
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
not necessarily so; is not always true