front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
retention; maintenance; preservation
had better ...; had better not ...
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
directly opposite; right in front
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
surely (not); certainly (not)
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to be surprised; to be astonished
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
reform; reformation; reorganization
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to check; to stop; to keep back
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit