bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
written oath; covenant; pledge
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
innumerable; countless; numberless
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
handrail; railing; banister
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
such; like that; that sort of; very
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep