piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
legendary beast; magical beast
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
presumption; assumption; estimation
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
image change; changing one's image; makeover
our country; our land; one's own country
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
originally; by nature; from the start
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on