pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to pick up; to find; to gather
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
somewhat far; fairly distant
level ground; plain; flatland
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
choices; alternatives; options
(only) one option; one possible choice
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
teacher; instructor; professor
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
the scruff or nape of the neck
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
right to know; right to access information
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every