sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
early on; earlier on; from early
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
counter for choices, options, etc.
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
falsely similar; counterfeit
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
first thing in the morning
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
third day of the month; three days
standard; set; routine; decided
bureaucratic routine; red tape
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
reputation; respectability
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to entrust; to leave to a person
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of