participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
spatial structure; structural arrangement
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to raise one's voice; to shout
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)