opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
head of a sleeping person
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
proposal; proposition; suggestion
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
school rules; school regulations
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
now that; since; so long as; because
selection; choice; option
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
should do; ought to do; must do
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
very much; exceedingly; extremely