to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
war; battle; match; game; competition
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
reality; actuality; hard fact
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
don't you think?; indicates question
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen