prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
sentient beings; humaneness; compassion
serious; severe; grave; acute
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to colour; to color; to grow lively; to become excited; to waver; to show uneasiness
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
utmost limit; extremity; result
training (animals); breaking (animals)
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
good young man; agreeable youth
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course