congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking