to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to fight against; to oppose; to face
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
long time; long interval; for quite some time
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
few decades; many decades; several decades
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
time; season; period; phase; stage
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to forget completely; to leave behind
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
to subsist; to keep on living
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
(many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room; sleeping together in a huddle
festival merrymaking; revelry