favourite book; favorite book
educational institution; school; academy; campus
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
training; drill; practice; discipline
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to have a reason; to have an excuse
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
older brother; elder brother
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)