paying an unannounced visit; rudeness
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
genuine article; real thing; real deal
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
participation; joining; entry; adherence
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
discovery; detection; finding
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
two persons; two people; pair; couple
when it becomes; when it comes to
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
antiquity; the previous era
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming