tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
again; once again; yet again
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to throw oneself (into an activity)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
local specialty; special product (of a region)
nothing in particular; none in particular
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
such; this sort of; like this
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
although I say; although one might say; although called
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
village headman; village mayor