elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
resolute; determined; bold
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
inside one's heart; in one's mind
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
stupid brat; son of a bitch
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
worry; care; consideration
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to die; to lay down life's burden
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
blood relationship; blood relative
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
triumphant return; returning in triumph
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
celebrating recovery from illness