fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
hegemony; leadership; initiative
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
battlefield; battleground
changing completely; transformation
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
commander; commanding officer; CO
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
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
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself