to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to put one's hand on; to touch
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
hand-clapping ceremony (celebrating the settling of a bargain, marking a reconciliation, etc.)
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
cease-fire; truce; armistice
person concerned; interested party; related party
arbitration; intercession; mediation
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support