relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
compelling force; legal force
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
beforehand; in advance; previously
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
sales; selling; marketing
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
this and that; one thing and another
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to be reminded of; to call to mind
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai