cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to have meaning; to be meaningful
admiration; being impressed (by)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
encouragement; cheering on
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
supreme; greatest; highest; best
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
people; citizens; subjects; folk
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
mistress; kept woman; concubine
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
imprisonment; incarceration
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party