after a long time; for the first time in a while
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to prostrate oneself before
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to come to an end; to close the curtain
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
marriage proposal; courtship
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
point of compromise; common ground
in order; in turn; one by one
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)