box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to rush over; to run up to
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
princess; daughter of a nobleman
recovery; rescue; recapture
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
older sister; elder sister
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
falseness (logic); falsehood
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
100,000; hundred thousand
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
trivial; not amounting to much
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to increase; to add to; to augment
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
motherland; fatherland; native country
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved