state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
exploitation; overuse; abuse
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
several years; a few years
strong person; the strong; the powerful
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
close to the wall; alongside the wall
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
incident; affair; happening; event
(not) a single person; (no) one
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
generation; the world; the age
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)