prohibition; inhibition; ban
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to pretend; to act (as if)
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
final; eventual; ultimate
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
secret; private; surreptitious
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
an issue being settled; a case being closed
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
(one's) current position; current location; present position