early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to claim victims; to leave casualties
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
injured person; wounded person
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
reluctance to part; sorrow at parting
caricature; cartoon; comics
toying with; playing with; making a plaything of (someone); treating as a plaything; trifling with
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
don't worry; there's no need to worry
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures