affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be reminded of; to call to mind
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to have a talk; to tell a story
at that time; in those days
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
only; merely; but; no more than
second day of the month; two days
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
originally; by nature; from the start
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
much less; to say nothing of
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
future; possible; potential; prospective
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
cooperation; collaboration