offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
armed forces; military; troops
doing whatever one pleases
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
exploitation; overuse; abuse
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
serious; severe; grave; acute
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
breaking off; snapping off
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
shameless; shameless person
source of worry; source of distress
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation