(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
next; secondly; subsequently
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
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 (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
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
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
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing