to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
arrest; apprehension; capture
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to have a talk; to tell a story
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
bet; wager; stake; gamble
exemption; exoneration; discharge
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
period of youth; while young
doing whatever one pleases