to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
steady; firm; solid; secure
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
information; experience; knowledge; observation
just; fair; proper; reasonable
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
real intention; true motive; true meaning
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
close; intimate; on good terms
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to relax; to feel at home
address; lodgings; accommodation
million times; praying a million times
noted product; local specialty
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
being left out; being ostracized