hegemony; leadership; initiative
based on; on the basis of
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
verbal message; word (from someone)
southwestern part; the southwest
edge of town; outskirts of a village
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to stagger; to stumble; to totter
to drop; to lose; to let fall
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
treasure house; storage for valuable property
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new