to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to cease; to stop; to be over
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
third stage; three stages
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
check station; checkpoint
such; like that; in that way
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
upper floor (of a building)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
without leaving any trace
wintering; passing the winter
decisive; resolute; drastic
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
country; territory; domain; realm
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
loyal retainer; loyal subject
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant