to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
large number (of); many; majority
criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
field; plain; prairie; moor
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
ordinary person; unenlightened person
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
endless; boundless; everlasting
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to