ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
itinerant laborer; migrant worker
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
several sheets (flat objects)
to succeed; to bear fruit
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
superior; superiors; senior