to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
people; men and women; each person; everybody
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
person concerned; interested party; related party
to watch over; to watch attentively
chapter one; first chapter
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to make an appeal; to urge
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
not necessarily so; is not always true
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
counter for books; volume
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to throw up; to vomit; to spew
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to repeat; to do something over again
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste