wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
sublime; noble; high-minded
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to attack; to assault; to assail
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
dozens; scores of; decades
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
(political) power; authority; influence
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
at least; at most; (even) just
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
sentiment; sentimentality
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
instant; moment; for an instant
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life