wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
nameless; anonymous; without name
self-; from (a time or place)
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
suspicion (of others); jealousy
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
adherent; devotee; believer
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to hold fast; to protect to the end
furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
edge of the eaves; house frontage
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
center; centre; metropolis
no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk