tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
knowing; (an) acquaintance
not long has passed since ...
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
establishment; settlement
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
this country; our country
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
approval; license; licence; permission
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to be started; to get underway
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
one or two; a few; small number
society; public; community; social studies
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
stay of execution; suspended sentence