shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to play a central role; to take a leading part
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
attendance; presence; appearance
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
process; course; mechanism
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
appointment; assignment; promotion
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
worst; worst-case (scenario)
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
first meeting; first interview with
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
animal product; livestock product
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
innocent; blameless; guiltless
in one's hands; in one's control
spot; point; place; position
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
one cause; one reason; one factor
(not) so much; (not) that much
north wind; northerly wind
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
diving; submerging; going underwater