congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
and so; therefore; for that reason
right to choose; a say; option
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
(physically) disabled; handicapped
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
to become red; to redden; to blush
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
military service; combat experience
eye for people; ability to judge character
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled