to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
briskly with small steps; trotting
trio; gang of three; threesome
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
doorknob; door knob; door handle
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
powerful person; influential person
choice; selection; option
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
negative campaign; mudslinging
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to keep standing; to stand motionless
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
world tree (religious or mythological motif)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
all times and places; all ages and countries
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
legendary; fabled; fabulous
method of treatment; cure; remedy
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times