dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
best regards; please take care of; please do
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
idol group; boy band; girl group
to live; to make a living; to get on with
with a friendly grin; smilingly
two by two; by twos; as a couple
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
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
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
inundation; submersion; flood
shoal; wide shallow beach
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); 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)
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
moment by moment; hour by hour
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock