feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
personnel management; personnel administration
in the end; on top of that
passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to pour (of rain); to pound down
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
half-wit; fool; simpleton
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money