qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to become clear; to be made public
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
stay of execution; suspended sentence
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
so; like this; in this way
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally