one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
apparently; appears to be
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to subsist; to keep on living
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
embers; cinders; burnt residue; combustion residue
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
deed; act; work; performance
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
(how) many times; (how) often
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
projection room; projection booth
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt
indeed; really; truly; very much
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
office (e.g. the Oval Office)