willpower; energy; vitality
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to continue to do; to persist in doing
decision; determination; resolution
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be surprised; to be astonished
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
plural; multiple; several
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
people; citizens; subjects; folk