stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
responsibility; duty; obligation
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
authority; power; influence
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to look upwards; to look up
to be captivated (visually)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to keep (a person) waiting
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
how many years; how long; what year
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
patient; having a long fuse
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
whatever (the case may be)
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
leadership; initiative; spearhead
great man; hero; master mind
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
castle site; ruins of a castle
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)