exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
while; even though; despite
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
beyond that point; after that
postwar period; period after Second World War
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
young person; youth; young
successively; one after another
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
tradition; legend; folklore
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to repeat; to do something over again
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
environment; circumstance