to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
secret; private; surreptitious
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
senior; elder; person older than oneself
youth; minor; young people
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
each and all; every single one; everybody
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
life or death; existence; destiny
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
great man; hero; master mind
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
both eloquent and skilled
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to laugh away; to laugh off
reason; cause; history; origin
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
just a minute; small quantity