status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
as you see; as you can see
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
land near a castle; castle town
standard value; reference value; nominal value
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
support; backing; patronage
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
having no idea; having no clue
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
to jump up and down; to hop
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace