recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
another day; some other day
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
a little; a bit; slightly
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
penalty; sentence; punishment
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
from the viewpoint of; according to
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
strangling (to death); strangulation
classical form of martial art
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
useless; vain; aimless; idle
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
temporary; transitory; short-lived