major subject; special study
research area; field of research
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
generation; lifetime; age
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
outside the country; abroad
clear; distinct; evident; definite
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
the deceased; the departed
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
after death; posthumously
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
one's younger days; when one was young
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
quiet; still; surreptitious
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
coincident with; while; simultaneously
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country