keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to affect; to impact; to influence
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
serious wound; serious injury
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
thorough; exhaustive; complete
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
again (and again); once again; yet again
the scruff or nape of the neck
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to summon courage; to be brave
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
how long; how far; how much
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to be discouraged; to shrink from
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu