difficult problem; challenge
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
fairyland; enchanted land
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
kindness; intimacy; friendship
whispering into a person's ear
it seems so; that's what it looks like
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
room detached from main house
to let out a cry; to shout
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
post; quarters; military station; police station
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
country; one's own country
slight; little; insignificant
both; both sides; both parties
military camp; barracks; camping
direct negotiations; pressing a demand with a face-to-face talk
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
you (plural); all of you; you all
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness