young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
in succession; one after another
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
to practice magic; to practise magic
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to blend (e.g. fact and fiction); to mix; to weave (together)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to catch the eye; to attract attention
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
colour; color; hue; tints
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
in accordance with; according to
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
courageous but doomed resistance
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
bright red; crimson lotus flower
magic sword; cursed sword
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)