powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
reserve army; flying column; troops kept in reserve for flexible deployment
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
depending on; dependent upon; relying on
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
worthless thing; trivial thing
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
isolation; being alone; being friendless
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to brave a danger; to take a risk
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
receiving; acceptance; reception; admission
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
resentment; indignation; anger
vertical stripes; striped fabric
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
great commander; famous commander
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
theatre; theater; playhouse
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
drama; play; powerful drug
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb