uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
ostentation; show; affectation
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
prepublication censorship
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
prohibition; ban; suspension
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
resolute; determined; bold
book making (binding, publishing)
underground publication; underground publishing; samizdat
photocopier; photocopying machine
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks