to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
superb view; picturesque scenery
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
sense of loss; feeling of loss
unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
comfort; consolation; diversion
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)
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
protracted war; war of attrition
to shake one's head (in denial)