law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
king and princes; noble rank
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
determination; resolution
to become better; to improve
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
national paper; paper with a national circulation
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
property; fortune; assets
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be entwined; to be involved
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance