back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
cramming in (many small things); jumbling together
front entrance; front door
unseasonable; out-of-season
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to redeem (from sin); to save
in the end; at the end of the day
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
postwar period; period after Second World War
stability; security; equilibrium
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
destruction; annihilation; extermination
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
busy; having no time (for)
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to pierce through; to break through
dangerous position; peril
to escape from; to get out
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt