complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
armored corps; armoured corps
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
(made of) stone; stone-built
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
hostility; animosity; enmity
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to be transparent; to show through
to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
on bad terms; at loggerheads
close; intimate; on good terms
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
region; limits; stage; level
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking