person with a criminal record; violent criminal
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
keenly felt; heart-wrenching; heart-rending
stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
more than anything; above all else
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
moderate; proper; just right
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
lightly and nimbly; with agility
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
Tensho karuta; the first domestically produced Japanese deck of cards, closely based on Latin-suited decks brought over by the Portuguese
appellation; designation; epithet; calling out (a name); calling (for)
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
colored picture; coloured picture; painting