adoration; admiration; devotion
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
decoration; ornament; trimmings
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
job; work; duties; trade; skill
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
commuting to school; school commute
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
long ago; already; a long time ago
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
senior high school; high school
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)