divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
engineer; technical officer
melancholy; gloom; depression
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
about this time; about now
puppet government; puppet regime
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
harm; injury; evil (influence)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
mining; digging; working (a mine)
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself