(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
switching over to; migration; transition
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to attempt; to test; to try out
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
individual; private person; personal; private
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
treatment (of a person); dealing with
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
complete; whole; perfect; safe
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
being adopted into the family of one's bride
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
concession; conciliation; compromise
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth