to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
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
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
match; game; bout; contest
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
one of these days; someday; one day
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)