participation; joining; entry; adherence
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
insatiable; untiring; persistent
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
many; numerous; various; large number of
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
the same; the said; likewise
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
for example; for instance; e.g.
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
race (of people); type of person
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
death rate; mortality rate
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
extermination; annihilation
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
conviction; belief; confidence
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
lightly; easily; carelessly
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
deep-seated grudge; hatred
door; gate; opening; title page
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent