to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
second generation; second; junior
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
to crumble away; to collapse
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
furry (enthusiast for animal characters with human characteristics)
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
trusting too much; overestimating ability
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
handheld game console; portable game console
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism