request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
festival; feast; carnival
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
shameless; shameless person
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
pupil; student; schoolchild
selection; choice; option
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
commander; general; leader
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
that is to say; so that means
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite