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)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to attack; to assault; to assail
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
soundproofing; sound insulation
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
antiquity; the previous era
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
grotesque; disgusting; gross
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent