self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
melancholy; gloom; depression
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be erected; to be built
connection; linking; linkage; link
cooperation; coordination; link
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
conservative without party affiliation
to hide; to keep to oneself
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
to join forces; to cooperate
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
inconsistency; contradiction; disobedience
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
to distract one's attention
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
(not) a single person; (no) one
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
impudent; shameless; brazen
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements