miscreant; scoundrel; villain
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
offender; criminal; culprit
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
just managing; with great difficulty
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
impression; strong belief; conviction
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
pregnancy; conception; gestation
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
to have an uneasy conscience
passing away; dying; death
one more time; once more; once again
indolence; laziness; sloth
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into