self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
considerably; fairly; quite
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
correspondence; exchange of letters
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
the ways of the world; human nature
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
bolt from the blue; great surprise
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery