war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
innermost depths of one's heart
to surge; to well up; to gush out
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
information technology; IT
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
power; authority; jurisdiction
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
alone; by oneself; on one's own
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about