to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
if you do this; if this is the case
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
instead; but (on the other hand)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
unqualified; without qualifications
postwar period; period after Second World War
infant; baby; little child
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
woman; female; feminine gender
to subsist; to keep on living
beyond imagination; unimaginable
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
several people; a few people
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
(not) even once; (not) ever
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)