hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
early death; premature death; dying young
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
patient's condition; pathology
confusion; distraction; derangement
to comfort; to console; to amuse
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
eardrum; tympanic membrane
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to disperse; to take a castle
hooting; jeering; heckling
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
direct connection; direct link
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
spirit; heart; disposition
one edge; one end; one side
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
around the clock; day and night
how many years; how long; what year
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
phantom; vision; illusion
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)