cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
eruption; volcanic eruption
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to be hot on a person's heels
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
complete change; about-face
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
being filled with; being full of; permeation