last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
sovereign; emperor; monarch
falling asleep immediately; going out like a light
in its entirety; whole; wholly
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
history of Japan; Japanese history
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
leader; guide; mentor; coach
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
moderate; proper; just right
reinforcement; strengthening
refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
student guidance; student counseling
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to threaten; to make threats
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
presence; sitting with; being with
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
nursing; (protective) care
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)