future (usually near); prospects
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
until now; so far; up to the present
dealing with; coping with
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
monolith; large slab of rock
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to concern; to be related
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
several years; a few years
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
exclusive; attached to; specialist