war; fighting; fierce competition
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
entreaty; appeal; petition
-less; lacking; non-existing
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
three; three years of age
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
firm; strong; solid; stable
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
like this; this sort; this way