bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
proper; respectable; decent; honest
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
showing one's face in public; facing another person
strong pressure; heavy pressure
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
person with a bounty on their head
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
festival merrymaking; revelry
main; principal; chief; primary; major