once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
I see; that's right; indeed
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to explain; to dispel doubts
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung