revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
trend; tendency; momentum
namely; that is (to say); in other words
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to establish; to formulate
and (also); both ... and; as well as
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
medicine chest (container)
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
suggestion; hint; implication
means; way; method; measure
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to act young; to look young
sentiment; sentimentality
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except