returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
wounded person; injured person
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
contributor; poster; submitter
unopened; with an unbroken seal
word; (arch.) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
introductory text; introductory essay
to compose; to put together
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
reading aloud; recitation
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny
quarrel; dispute; argument
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
check; restraint; oppression; repression
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding