congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
support; backing; patronage
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
potentiality; dormancy; latency
business conditions; business category; line of business
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
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
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
clinic; medical office; infirmary
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand