important documents; important papers
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
supervised; under surveillance
patience; endurance; perseverance
traitor (to one's country); quisling
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
bent back; hunchback; stoop
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to sit knee to knee (with); to sit opposite each other; to have a congenial talk; to have a candid discussion
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
though; even if; whether ... or ...
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
heave-ho!; one-two-three heave!
my personal (e.g. opinion)
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel