Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
belief; faith; conviction
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
according to plan; as planned
progress; advance; making (good) progress
long-awaited; much-awaited
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
unique; peculiar; singular
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
mobile troops; mechanized unit; mechanised unit; naval task force
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
leaning out of a car or train window
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
large build; large pattern
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
piece of meat; cut of meat
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement