godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to suppress one's emotions
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
dice; die; baton (of command)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to show signs of; to appear
complication; confusion; disorder
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
the other day; lately; recently
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
doing whatever one pleases
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to examine someone's expression
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
child; childish person; immature person
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to comfort; to console; to amuse