barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
these guys; these fellows
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
scenery; scene; landscape
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
human relations; personal relationships
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
passage; path; route; one's way
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)