obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
dated; date; fixed; external
in advance; beforehand; previously
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
bet; wager; stake; gamble
long time; long interval; for quite some time
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
all night long; all through the night
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
striking; remarkable; considerable
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone; (arch.) to use as an excuse; (arch.) to make a pretext of
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to overflow from something full
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
absolutely; positively; decidedly
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
invitation; introduction; temptation
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to