prospects of victory; chances of success
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
everybody; every last one of them; all
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
how many years; how long; what year
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
health; healthy; sound; fit
society for the study of manga; manga club
anthology; collection of works
fifth day of the month; five days
continuation; succession; series
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
sound of something falling
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage