otherwise; if not; or else
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
falling asleep; going to sleep
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
suited figure; person in a suit
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to understand from experience
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
small change; coins; small sum of money
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
shaking; ague; trembling; shivering
armed might; military power; the sword; force
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy