mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
around the clock; day and night
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
in the same way as; just like
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
unprecedented; new (and different); fresh; contrived; affected
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
abandoning; giving up; quitting
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
family or person with samurai ancestors
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
fate; destiny; predestination
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
patriarch; head of a family
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
taking heart; being in high spirits
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on