latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to serve; to work for; to attend
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
surface of the earth; ground surface
deep affection; dear; beloved
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily