loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination
brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
cold reception; inhospitality
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
false charge; slander; defamation
calling at a port; making an intermediate stop at an airport
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
to employ; to hire (a servant)
underneath a Japanese plum tree
(being) face to face; facing each other
to give rein to (imagination)
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
deeply meaningful; profound; rich (in meaning)
serious (vital) question; a grave issue; a matter of grave concern
main force; brute force; strong-arm
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
to make (a person) pay for (something)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; (lit.) the nose and eyes are in place
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
everyday life; daily life
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to be nappy; to be disheveled (hair); to shudder
personal affair; one's own affair
hot flash; rush of blood to the head