integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
reshuffling; job rotation
return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction
spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
coordinator; coordinating role
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
don't worry; no worries; never mind
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
adopted daughter; foster daughter
to begin talking; to open up
there, there; kiss it better; (lit.) pain, pain, fly away
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
a (single) moment; an instant
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
floor heating; underfloor heating
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
sensitivity to cold; poor circulation
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth