reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
right and wrong; good and evil
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
plump; chubby; voluptuous
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
world; society; people; the public
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
unofficial report; confidential report
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
mean (greedy) about money; stingy
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
Naporitan; Napolitan; Japanese spaghetti dish made with ketchup
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
nothing but; none other than
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives