painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
being very busy; busyness
to cut corners; to be shoddy
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
same village; same town; same province
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to drop; to let fall; to omit
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
five (long cylindrical things)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
toxin; poisonous substance
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
recuperation; medical treatment
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to have an idea; to have a clue
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry