consistently; unchangingly; throughout
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
wedded life; married life
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
desperation; self-abandonment
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to kill; to choke the life out of
overproduction; careless manufacture; churning out (substandard goods)
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
association; society; organization; organisation
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
short pause; short interval
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
rules are rules; a rule is a rule
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
about; concerning; related to; -ish
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
time slot (on TV, radio, etc.)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
separate; scattered; apart
again and again; repeatedly
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be