triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
unwanted child; shunned child
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to watch intently; to stare
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
planned; scheduled; systematic
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
shame; compunction; remorse; shame felt towards oneself and others
dim-witted; slow to catch on
rule; reign; government; governing
monopole; singular pole; unipole
discussion; debate; argument
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
nature; character; disposition
tide; current; tendency; trend
to be freezing cold (of the weather); to be bitterly cold; to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)