honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
selection; choice; option
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
outsider; layman; amateur
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to pierce through; to break through
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
unrequited love; one-sided love
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
doing whatever one pleases
shoji (paper sliding door)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
reaction; response; reaction
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
object of romantic interest
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
for a while; for some time; for a period
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
long; drawn-out; very long
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck