dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
establishment; settlement
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
unable to resist; unable to suppress
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
meeting; greeting; welcome
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
(holding of) a solo recital or performance
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
being devoted to one's wife; uxorious
senior high school student
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to mow; to reap; to harvest
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this