exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
spare time; free time; leisure
conciseness; brevity; simplification
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
same family (race, tribe)
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
complete change; about-face
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to attempt; to test; to try out
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
rule; reign; government; governing
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
existence; possession; having; limited company
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
along; parallel to; in accordance with
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field