explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
supervised; under surveillance
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
one's birth mother; one's biological mother
older sister; elder sister
at that time; in those days
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
heir; inheritor; successor
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate