sense of relief; feeling of relief
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
condition; state (of health); appearance
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
reading aloud; recitation
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
changing completely; transformation
absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice
to continue to do; to persist in doing
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
the last moment; the very end
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
superior; superiors; senior
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces