motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
fine performance; tour de force
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
human intellect; knowledge
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
for the first time in one's life
to indicate; to show; to point to
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
selection of music; song selection
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
chilly; unpleasantly cold
March; third month of the lunar calendar
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
calamity; disaster; misfortune
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
one-by-one; separately; in detail
every place; various places
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation