independence; self-reliance
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
covered in mud; mud-caked
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
power; authority; jurisdiction
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
in the same way as; just like
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant