harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts; consistency; coherence
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
armed forces; military; troops
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to like; to love; to be fond of
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
commander; commanding officer; CO
self-control; self-restraint
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
tomfoolery; monkey business
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
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)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
younger half-sister (by a different mother)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
being intrusive; intrusive person
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
self-examination; reflection