chance (of success); odds
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
head; brains; intellect; understanding
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
raising morale; lifting of morale
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
the very best; excellent; superb
town; city; municipal; urban
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
loud shout; excited cheering
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
decisive; resolute; drastic
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize