confrontation; opposition; antagonism
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
reform; reformation; reorganization
separation; farewell; parting
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
just because; even if; even though
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
light; faint; pale; fleeting
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
sphere; counter for balls
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
outbreak of war; starting a war
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
moment; brief space of time
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
unanticipated; unexpected
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity