faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
telecommunications; correspondence
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
to wreak damage on; to cause trouble to; to ravage; to go around causing damage; to rampage from place to place; to ravage far and wide
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
class-A; A class; A grade
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
in terms of; from the point of view of
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
confusion; mixing; merger
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
one by one; one each; one at a time
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
death by crushing; being crushed to death
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life