operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
laughing while reminiscing
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
absolute obedience; complete submission
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
strong person; the strong; the powerful
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
pride; dignity; self-respect
by myself; in person; by oneself
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
contradiction; inconsistency
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
control; check; restraint; inhibition
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow