(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
box-office takings; box-office revenue
in search of; in order to look for
(personal) background check
education; training; discipline
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
crazy behavior; deranged conduct
one large ...; a great ...
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
place of residence; dwelling place
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
reason; grounds; circumstances
word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent