essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
at the last moment; this late in the game
entreaty; appeal; petition
eighth day of the month; eight days
low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
dropout; quitter; deserter
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
verbal note (notes verbale); written statement
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
minerals and rocks; metal and stone utensils; epigraph
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth