to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
difficult to ...; hard to ...
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
offensive camp; team at bat
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
out-boxing; hit-and-run; striking and running away
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
half the body; half length
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
one's younger days; when one was young
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
one's own property; possessions
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent