to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
well-bred; of good upbringing
speech; expression; wording; language
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
on the occasion of; at the time of
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to stop in the middle of a sentence
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to detain; to check; to restrain
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
tendency; trend; inclination
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion