2693 思い: thoughts, feelings: I desperately asked him for help. 3829 必死: desperate: Students are desperately trying to catch up with the class. 3851 保つ: preserve, retain: She's desperately trying to retain her youth. 6673 売り込む: become well known; sell: He desperately promoted his own abilities. 9386 宥める: calm down; soothe: I desperately calmed the woman who was angry.