just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
large amount of money; great cost
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
sports ground; sports oval
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
to stiffen; to become stiff
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to torment; to torture; to harass
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
violent emotion; passion; fury
melancholy; gloom; depression
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
January; first month of the lunar calendar
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to stop talking; to be silent
what's what; heads or tails
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Niigata (city, prefecture)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
China and Vietnam; Sino-Vietnamese
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
southern part; the south (of a region)