people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to face on; to look out on to
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
one thin flat object; one sheet
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
hope; white hope; person of promise
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
successor; replacement; second wife
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
good-for-nothing; worthless
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
good; goodness; right; virtue
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to sniff out; to get wind of
will not do; do not; does not
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
evening meal; supper; dinner
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
no sleep or rest; working day and night
Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit