to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
readjustment; realignment
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
why; how; for what reason
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
country; territory; domain; realm
each place; various places
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
minimum; at the very least
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least