training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
by all means; by all costs
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
the same kind; accomplice; partner
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to approach; to draw near
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
decision; determination; resolution
massing (of troops); gathering
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
Internet Service Provider; ISP
silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
flight; desertion; escape
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
in that manner; like that
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
security firm; security company
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left