the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to thrust down; to push off
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
beginning; outset; first; onset
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
environment; circumstance
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
how many times; how often
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
scenery; scene; landscape
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
too much; excessively; too
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy