adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
succession struggle; succession race
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
support; backing; aid; assistance
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
early (days); initial stage; initial
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
military conflict; armed conflict
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
political measures; policy
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to differ; to vary; to disagree
almost; roughly; approximately
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
doing whatever one pleases
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
innocence; being not guilty
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition