to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to complete decisively; to do to completion
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
secular life; workaday world
not covered (by); not subject (to)
custom; habit; customary practice
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
ordinary person; unenlightened person
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
bedroom; (woman's) bedchamber; pillow talk
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband