prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
emotional scars; mental trauma
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
fine weather; fair weather
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
several times (as large, over)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
power; might; authority; influence
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
such a thing; something like that
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)