chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to form a pair; to pair up
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
symbol; code; sign; notation
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
at a stroke; with a single swoop
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
practice; practising; training; study
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
near; nearby; not far off
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing