support; backing; aid; assistance
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to explain in an easy-to-understand manner
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
to catch the eye; to attract attention
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
wandering; roaming; drifting
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
independent business; self-employment
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
incompetent; have no merit
counsel; defender; advocate
intuition; instinct; hunch
mask; disguise; guise; mask
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
positive thinking; optimism
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to make one feel grateful
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede