confidence; trust; faith; credit
Yama; judge of the afterlife
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
with a whack; smack; slap
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
the other day; a few days ago
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
interruption; suspension; break
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
how many people; a number of people
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
armed forces; military; troops
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to become hoarse; to become husky
guess; speculation; supposition
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal