compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
deadly serious; deadly earnest
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
unless one ...; if one does not ...
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
along the road; along the way
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to lose one's way; to get lost
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
bringing; taking; carrying
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
older brother and younger sister
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to flare up; to burst into flames
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
flaring up; bursting into flames
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
calm; composed; cool; quiet
rather; sooner; preferably
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
to remain married for life
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)