parts; accessories; components
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
cannot be helped; unavoidable
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
great war; great battle; world war
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
all-out attack; general offensive
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
opposite side; opposition
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
infant; baby; little child
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread