exposure to wind; severe criticism
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
eccentric; crank; oddball
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
totally unexpected result; stunning upset
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
Saitama (city, prefecture)
(being) worth seeing; impressive
decision; settlement; definition
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
a little; a bit; slightly
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
fierce fight; close contest
index; indices; indicator
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country