life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to need; to call for; to require
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
on the occasion of; at the time of
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
notice; attention; observation
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
flat-out run; driving at full speed
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist