neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
rice reaping; rice harvesting
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
heaven helps those who help themselves
clerk; office worker; kulak
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
independence; self-reliance
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
clapping and cheering; applause
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
difficult to translate; untranslatable
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar