making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
broad support; wide-ranging support
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
ruler; monarch; sovereign
stubbornly sticking to old ways; dislike of new things; narrow-mindedness
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
calamity; evil; misfortune
pessimism; weariness with life
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
warmly; cordially; with tender care
back country; remote countryside
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
enemy's strength or fighting power
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
holding on to; sticking to
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
a help; an aid; some assistance
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences