endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
declaration; statement; assertion
to attempt; to test; to try out
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
complete change; about-face
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
this world; this life; world of the living
to accept; to receive; to agree
society; the world; the times
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
one's possessions; ownership
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to take someone's life; to kill someone
how many years; how long; what year
having ended; being resolved
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position