to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to play a leading role; to play a central part
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
various families; various schools of thought
to bring; to take; to bring about
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
serious; not joking; straight
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
besides; moreover; in addition
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
illustrated news magazine; pictorial
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
force of a fire; force of flames
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
Chidorigafuchi (famous place in Tokyo for cherry blossoms, location of the Budokan)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
way out; means to escape; escape route
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
to push down; to knock down
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot