battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
district; section; sector
entrance; admission; entering
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple