to join forces; to cooperate
to support each other; to support one another
to subsist; to keep on living
invitation; introduction; temptation
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
whenever they come together
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
(in) his way; peculiar to him
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
homecoming; returning home
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
strong-willed; strong of heart
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
not necessarily so; is not always true
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
what time; (lit.) which hour
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
advance; moving forward; progress
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
second day of the month; two days
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
in search of; in order to look for
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember