a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
to have a drink; to grab a drink
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
hostility; animosity; enmity
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
this and that; one thing and another
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
this occasion; at this time; now
overlooking; turning a blind eye
(going straight) from heaven to hell
to thrust down; to push off
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness