elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
conifer; needle-leaved tree
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
staying the night; lodging (at)
how others look at you; what others think about you
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
whispering into a person's ear
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
remnants of a defeated army
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
promotion; raising of status
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
going around; patrol; round; tour
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
along the river; riverside
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt