sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
next; secondly; subsequently
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
to say no more; to sink into silence
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to show up; to appear; to turn up
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
our country; our land; one's own country
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
beloved child; dear child
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
little by little; bit by bit
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card