welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
to emphasize; to attach importance to
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
overflowing; brimming over; abounding
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
arm; skill; efforts; ability
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
in history; ever; historical
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
god of death; death deity; Death
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
at least; at most; (even) just
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
though; notwithstanding; although
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity