to cover up with something
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
consequently; as a result
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
perpetual youth and longevity
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
Island; insula; island; islet
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
moving about; stirring about
explosion; rupture; break off
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fire box in traditional Japanese lantern
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to fly around; to scatter
piece of meat; cut of meat
to put one's hand on; to touch
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox