close-cropped hair; shaven head
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
back country; remote countryside
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
disgraceful (scandalous) conduct; shameful behavior; shameful behaviour
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
conviction; belief; confidence
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to take away; to carry away
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
either way; in any case; one way or another
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
ring; link; open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last