confrontation; opposition; antagonism
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
in the hospital; hospitalized
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to bite off; to gnaw through
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
upper part; upper region; region above
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
strangulation; strangling
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
suicide by hanging; hanging oneself
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to gather; to collect; to assemble
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time