trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
and; thereupon; because of that
bravery; courage; heroism
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to happen to have on hand or in stock
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.