to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
supporter; adherent; proponent; backer
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to complete decisively; to do to completion
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
as; because; with; due to
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
feeling of a house or a room
physical condition; state of health; shape
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
impossible to do (although wants to)
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
very loud volume; megavolume
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
scenery; scene; landscape