1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
normalcy; normality; normal
promising without due consideration
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
each time it happens; at all such times
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
education; training; discipline
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to entwine; to follow about
one's later years; final years (in life)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
two times; twice; two degrees
to give; to do (something) for
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to shave off; to scrape off
to cry and shout; to scream
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
few decades; many decades; several decades