pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
remnants of a defeated army
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to become bright; to become clear
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
finish; end; completion; result
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
(right at the) side; just beside
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
like this; this sort; this way
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
this occasion; at this time; now
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
beyond human understanding
natural disaster; cataclysm
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head