undoubted; unmistakable; definite
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
objection; dissent; protest
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
foreign enemy; outside invader
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
right and wrong; right or wrong
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
sincere; honest; faithful
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
society; the world; the times
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
to understand; to comprehend
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
very; greatly; exceedingly
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)