floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
to be exhausted; to be at a loss; to be worn out; to be helpless
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
imperial order; imperial decree
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
younger people; future generations
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
serious; not joking; straight
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to invite; to show (someone) in
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
virtue; moral sense; conscience
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to appease; to suppress; to calm