shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
store; reserve; stock; savings
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
unexpected meeting; coincidence
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
richly colored; richly coloured
harm; injury; evil (influence)
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
(by force of) circumstances
remains; fragment; remains after having cut something
eye for people; ability to judge character
rejection (of an application)
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
to emphasize; to attach importance to
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet