painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
only; merely; but; no more than
single word; a few words; brief comment
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
question; inquiry; enquiry
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
such; like that; that sort of; very
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to grimace; to make a wry face
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
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)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
battlefield; battleground
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost