being too late; losing one's final chance
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
right in the center (centre)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
speaking voice; talking voice
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance