yourself; himself; herself
taking care of oneself; self-love
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
severe punishment; rigorous measures
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
setting a bad example to others
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
to prostrate oneself (before)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
postwar period; period after Second World War
group; bunch; crowd; group
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
long face; looking dejected
great joy; delight; jubilation
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
all for the best; what is right
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
rugged (mountains); craggy; jagged
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
chilly; unpleasantly cold
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is