nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
unfortunately; regrettably
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
with a friendly grin; smilingly
about this time; about now
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
two by two; by twos; as a couple; in pairs
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
this and that; one thing or another
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
to flare up; to burst into flames
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
inundation; submersion; flood
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
shoal; wide shallow beach
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
V-shape (battle formation); crane wings
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment