progress; advance; improvement; development
calamity; disaster; misfortune
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
millions; several million; a few million
starvation; famine; hunger
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to fight against; to oppose; to face
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to have a talk; to tell a story
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)