preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
entreaty; appeal; petition
to succeed; to bear fruit
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
cautious theory; conservative theory
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
morality; moral principles
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
standard equipment; standard feature
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
knockoff; counterfeit goods
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate