spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
no!; no no!; no, not at all
strategist; tactician; schemer
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
another time; some other time
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to approach; to draw near
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to be infected; to be contagious
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
just because; even if; even though
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to grow up; to become an adult
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to talk; to chat; to chatter