to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
order; command; life; destiny; fate
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
solution; solution strategy
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
hypo- (indicating the lowest oxidation state)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
military service; conscription
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
battlefield; battleground
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
to forget completely; to leave behind
a few years ago; some years back
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
sportswear; sports clothes