useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
orphan; person without friends
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
advance; moving forward; progress
to bring back; to restore
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to collapse into; to flop onto
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
precondition; prerequisite
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to