drill; gimlet; awl; auger
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
compendium of laws; statute books; (lit.) complete book of the Six Codes
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
fortune-telling; divination
children's story; fairy tale
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
fiction; fabrication; concoction; falsework (scaffolding, etc.)
treatment; service; handling; management
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to be infected; to be contagious
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation