triumphant return; returning in triumph
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
last line of a poem; finally
to wave a flag; to show the way
applicant; candidate; volunteer
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound
with a clatter; clatteringly
armed forces; military; troops
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
cloud floating in a spring sky
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside