with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
self-determination; suicide
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
watch store; watch dealer
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
to be born; to come into the world
desperation; struggle to the death
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
leaving school during a term
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
way of living; manner of living; lifestyle
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
cold bath; taking a cold bath
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
prize for perfect attendance
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit