gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
continuation; succession; series
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
armor and helmet (armour)
large build; large pattern
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
adverse circumstances; adversity
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
early post war period; immediately after the war
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
starting point; starting line
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility