to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to have a hard time of it
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
sense of loss; feeling of loss
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
thought; consideration; thinking
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to push aside; to push one's way through
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
tool; implement; means; furniture
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
back street; back alley; off-street
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step