consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
descendant; posterity; offspring
that is to say; so that means
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
how; in what way; how about; questionable
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
going into battle; departure for the front
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
story; tale; talk; discussion