to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
a few years ago; some years back
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
tide; current; tendency; trend
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
to subsist; to keep on living
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
one end; an end; part; fragment
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
large intestine; large bowel; colon
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to make an appeal; to urge
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense