to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
alone; by oneself; on one's own
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
mountain range; mountain belt
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
hard to reach place; remote place
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
to make merry; to be festive
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
middle of the night; dead of night
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
thereupon; shortly thereafter
cooperation; collaboration
to have a talk; to tell a story
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
two persons; two people; pair; couple
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
near oneself; close to one; familiar