care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
threat; intimidation; menace
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
difficult to ...; hard to ...
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to attack; to assault; to assail
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)