cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to help; to save; to rescue
worldly affairs; public affairs
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
acquiescence; passive obedience
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience
responsibility; duty; obligation
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
former years; formerly; a few years ago
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
color of water after washing rice (colour)
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
sleeping away from home; overnight stay when traveling
equilibrium; good balance; poise
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail