blighted love; disappointed love
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
sudden change; sudden turn
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole; mud wall with raised roof edge (as a fire wall and status symbol); raised roof edge
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
difficult problem; challenge
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
inside one's heart; in one's mind
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
three; three years of age
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor