stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
as; because; with; due to
transport aircraft; transport plane
14th day of the month; 14 days
hospitalization; hospitalisation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
official regulations; inner rules
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
protest; refutation; pleading
to trample; to crush underfoot
to quit one's job; to resign
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
time of great change; era of reform
position; job; employment; opening
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
one's principal residence; main home
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)