self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to pretend; to act (as if)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
how; in what way; in what manner
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
piece of meat; cut of meat
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
blood relationship; blood relative
class-A; A class; A grade
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
state secrets; secrets of the state
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to trample; to crush underfoot
reality; actuality; hard fact
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)