letter of resignation; request for retirement
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
local news section; the city desk
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
how many years; how long; what year
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
contradiction; inconsistency
tedious; boring; being fed up with
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to go out and away; to leave
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed