past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
summertime; summer season
sweeping victory; easy victory
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
great victory; crushing victory
at once; there and then; immediately
to stay (at); to stop (at)
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
striking; remarkable; considerable
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to comfort; to console; to amuse
cenotaph; memorial monument
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard