happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
husband and wife; married couple
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
few decades; many decades; several decades
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
sending home; repatriation; deportation
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
woman who is obsessed with the education of her children
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble