to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
question; inquiry; enquiry
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
vice; immorality; corruption
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
orphanage; children's home; foster home
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
ago; since; before; previous
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
recompense; indemnity; atonement
regret; repentance; remorse
choices; alternatives; options
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
highest institute of education
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
bank; banking institution
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
financial world; business circles