idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
single word; a few words; brief comment
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be exhausted; to be worn out
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
point spread; point difference
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
for today; for the time being
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold