straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
vocal sound; tone of voice
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to speak sharply; to sharpen one's tone; to raise one's voice
how many years; how long; what year
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
go that far; to that extent
to awake from one's sleep
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
how long; how far; how much
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
in the meanwhile; during the time
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you (plural); all of you; you all
to stiffen; to become stiff
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful