head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
cruelty; hard-heartedness
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
in history; ever; historical
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
split; division; break up
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
sunlight; rays of the Sun
absence; disregard; indifference
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
late at night; at a late hour