self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to threaten; to make threats
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
return; relapse; recurrence
indiscriminately; recklessly
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
different opinion; objection
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
a long time ago; in those days
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
the right person in the right place
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
every single word and phrase; word by word
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to disperse; to take a castle
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
life or death; existence; destiny
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")