to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
at first; in the beginning; originally
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
war; fighting; fierce competition
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
generation; lifetime; age
suppression; repression; subjugation
world peace; peace of the world
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
just one person; only one
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
tens of thousands of years
discovery; detection; finding
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed