self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to look upwards; to look up
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
still (continuing); as ever; further
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
related to; in relation to
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to carry out one's mission
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
atonement; redemption; compensation
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
wearing one's hair in braids