to be a matter of life or death
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
composite; combined; complex
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to rule; to govern; to administer
beautiful maiko or geisha
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to hide; to keep to oneself
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
release; emission; ejection
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
putting oneself into something; exerting oneself