stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
on the occasion of; at the time of
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
at that time; in those days
piece; fragment; one (object)
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
to let out a cry; to shout
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
walking briskly; determinedly
fate; chance; relationship; tie
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
deeply meaningful; profound; rich (in meaning)
to exchange; to interchange
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
same crime; being equally guilty
to try all possible means
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually