matter of concern and interest
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
otitis media; inflammation of the middle ear
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
hospitalization; hospitalisation
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
God; god; ace; king; superior person
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
story; tale; talk; discussion
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
without; but if; otherwise; or else