painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
the reason is ...; it is because ...
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to go along; to walk along; to follow
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
archives (building); record office; museum
donation; presentation; gift
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
street at night; making a night journey
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
optimism; taking an optimistic view
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental