peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
hundred days; lengthy time
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
festival merrymaking; revelry
deep emotion; strong feelings
untouched; unused; intact
all you want; as much as one wants
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
carrying voice; well-projected voice
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
covered in mud; mud-caked
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
otherwise; if not; or else
small number; few; minority
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair