slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
all-night vigil over a body; wake
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
return; relapse; recurrence
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to keep secret; to conceal
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
outside of; not covered by
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted
to go out and away; to leave