muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
to some extent; to a certain extent
utmost limits; extremity; limit
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
mental image; mental picture; image
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
success or failure; result
failure; rejection; rupture
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need