firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
mental derangement; madness; insanity
distant; remote; isolated
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
magic bullet; magic bullets
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
natural disaster; cataclysm
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
repentance; confession; penitence
to do a silly thing; to do something stupid
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
very young; childish; immature
toddling; taking tottering steps
by sheer strength; by brute force
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to entwine; to follow about
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
master; masterhand; maestro
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
white makeup powder; (face) powder
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
illegitimate child; secret love child
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place