frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to subsist; to keep on living
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
two persons; two people; pair; couple
regret; repentance; remorse
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
how many years; how long; what year
failure; mistake; blunder
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
father; dad; husband; you; he
memories; recollections; reminiscence
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)