destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
opposite; reverse; contrary
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to attempt; to test; to try out
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
reset; fresh start; new beginning
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
bad influence; negative influence
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student