to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
domestic affairs; internal administration
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
self-interest; selfish desire
popular will; will of the people
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
and yet; though; when; in spite of
mistress; kept woman; concubine
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
marital relationship; marital relations
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says