compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
reconciliation; make peace with
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
minority group (party); minority
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
menial; meanness; servility; abject
tendency; trend; inclination
to accept; to receive; to agree
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
premature joy; short-lived elation
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to remember; to keep in mind
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
body; body blow (in boxing)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
order of chivalry; chivalric order
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
doing whatever one pleases
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
epidemic; plague; pestilence
infection; contagion; becoming infected