thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
third day of the month; three days
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
difficult to ...; hard to ...
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
witnessing; observing; sighting
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
much less; to say nothing of
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
homecoming; returning home
melancholy; gloom; depression
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)