fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to unfold; to unroll; to open
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
late at night; small hours of the morning
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
by sheer strength; by brute force
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
choice; selection; option
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures