marriage fraud; fake marriage
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to cut; to slit; to slash
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
hostility; animosity; enmity
to look down on; to make light of
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
as (for); for; in the capacity of
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
dealing with; coping with
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
question; inquiry; enquiry
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...