festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
ambassador plenipotentiary
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
settlement; solution; resolution
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to lose sight of; to miss
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
incident; affair; happening; event
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
three; three years of age
older sister; elder sister
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
special; particular; peculiar; unique
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
frequency (of occurrence)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
political measures; policy
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow