taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
digest; summary; abridgment
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
black box; flight recorder; black box (system or device with hidden internal workings)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender one's body
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
point of likeness (between); resemblance; similarity
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); (arch.) to look young and fresh; (arch.) to be elegant; (arch.) to look refined; (arch.) to have a calm and composed appearance
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
manner of using one's hands
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; (lit.) one lifetime, one meeting
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
destination; place one stays during a trip
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to keep in mind; to memorize
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment