not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
place to die; place of death
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
process of milling (grains); miller
milling; grinding into flour
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
entry; going into; approach
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
one's real father; natural father; biological father
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
perpetuation of one's descendants
previous king; late king; ancient virtuous king
jus sanguinis; principle that citizenship is determined by that of one's parents
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village