preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
fraction (part of); decimal fraction
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
one lump; one body; one group
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
naked eye; the physical eye
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
iron sand; magnetite sand
(exercising) the right to command
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
pretension; conceit; hubris
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
whether or not; presence or absence
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance