fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
hairline; borders of the hair
arrest; apprehension; capture
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
the right person in the right place
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to brace oneself; to keep one's spirits up; to keep one's composure; to pull oneself together; to stay strong
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
price; cost; value; worth; value
being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent); being apparent; being obvious; being tangible; being revealed
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
longing; great desire; aspiration
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
point in common; common feature
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create