sea of blood; pool of blood
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
author; writer; novelist; artist
Karel Čapek (Czech writer, 1890-1938)
drama; play; Chinese opera
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to telephone; to make a phone call
around the world; throughout the world
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
made in Japan; Japanese-made
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
accumulation; accumulate; store
body; physical system; (the) person
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to become possible; to become able to (do)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia