thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
invitation; introduction; temptation
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
snake; serpent; large snake
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
and; thereupon; because of that
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
double suicide; lovers' suicide
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
superiority complex; sense of superiority
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to be hesitant; to feel timid
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished