unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
secrecy; highly classified information
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
first-aid; emergency (aid)
simplified version; abridged edition
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to be exhausted; to be worn out
(on) horseback; riding a horse
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
each house; every house; many houses
camping; campground; making camp
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
to complain; to lodge a complaint
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
horse's back; (mountain) ridge; arête; road along a ridge
domestic pigeon; feral pigeon
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to poison (someone); to prepare a poison
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up