dwelling; house; residence; living; life
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to order; to command; to appoint
to be hesitant; to feel timid
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
situation; developments; outcome
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
probability; likelihood; chances
matter for great congratulation
as planned; according to plan
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
joint together; opposite; facing
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
the other day; a few days ago
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)