asterism; pattern of stars which do not form a constellation
supreme; sublime; highest
to push (something) against
pulsation; pulsatory motion
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
without; unless; have to do
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
putting into operation; invocation
sixth day of the month; six days
adviser; advisor; consultant
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
explanation; interpretation
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
nervousness; oversensitivity
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
government forces; government troops
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
every person; each one; everybody
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
same generation; one's generation
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
application; request; petition
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
in name but not in reality
in terms of; from the point of view of