to diminish (dampen) the spirit
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
destruction; annihilation; extermination
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
nice; likeable; desirable
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
without permission; without notice
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to go past; to pass; to pass by
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to show up; to appear; to turn up
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into