terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
international; diplomatic intercourse
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
in unison; as one; united
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to raise one's voice; to shout
bad influence; negative influence
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
field; sports stadium; arena
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
the staff; inside the department
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
possible; likely; probable
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
original story; original version; this volume
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
adviser; advisor; consultant