previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
environment; circumstance
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
willpower; energy; vitality
weakening; emaciation; decline
serious; severe; grave; acute
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
this for sure; certainly is
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
head; brains; intellect; understanding
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
the way one talks; one's way of speaking