cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
in the same way as; just like
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
very busy (person or thing)
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
reinstatement; reappointment
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
the reason is ...; it is because ...
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
management; administration; operation
proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion
root; source; origin; cause
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
indisposition; emperor's illness; unhappiness
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
reign; being on the throne
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
around the end of (a period of time)
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to be started; to get underway
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha