heavy snowfall; white devil
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
literally; to the letter; literal
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
if you think about it; come to think of it
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
technique; art; skill; move
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
secret; private; surreptitious
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
secret art; the mysteries
imperial court; royal court
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
how many people; a number of people
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract