strict; stern; rigorous; severe
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to go ahead; to pull ahead
selection; choice; picking out
largest ever; biggest; record
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
affixing; pasting; sticking
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
will; testament; last request
go on!; right!; here goes!
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to explain adequately; to be accountable
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
have to do; must; should; ought to
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
boundless; infinite; vast
much less; to say nothing of
even if not; even without
to fight to the last (death)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
sacred ground; the Pure Land
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
to follow custom; to conform (convention, tradition, etc.); to toe the line