brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
in history; ever; historical
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be remembered; to go down in history
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
very young; little; childish; immature
orphan; person without friends
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
how many years; how long; what year
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to awake from one's sleep