stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
to try all possible means
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
being on the ropes; losing ground
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
yearned for; longed for; missed
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
will not do; do not; does not
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
degree of attention; profile
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
easy to read; legible; clear
one's (living) environment
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
beforehand; in advance; previously
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)