aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
touching; moving; painful
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
alms; donation (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
leading; guiding; commanding
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
emperor (of Japan); mikado
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to become greasy; to be oil-stained
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to talk together; to chat together
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
retiring from military service
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
military campaign; battle; war
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
empirical; from experience