squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
heroism; loyalty and courage
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
scale; scope; plan; structure
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
(present) head of a family
to let an opportunity slip
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
function; facility; faculty; feature
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
training; drill; practice; discipline