pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
secret; private; surreptitious
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
that; the matter in question
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
simple; simplified; easy; plain
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
like this; this sort; this way
(present) head of a family
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
interior; inside; internal
to give directions; to issue instructions
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
1000 ri; (a) long distance
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)