being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
increasing one's fighting spirit
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
one of these days; someday; one day
god of war; (fig.) war hero
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
blood relationship; blood relative
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
military service; combat experience
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
avoiding or dodging responsibility
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
simmer; bubble out; flow out
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)