to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
question; inquiry; enquiry
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
world tree (religious or mythological motif)
this world; this life; world of the living
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
root; source; origin; cause
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
foreign matter; impurities
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be born; to come into the world
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
mixture; impurity; adulteration
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
pale; pallid; bluish-white
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
people; citizens; subjects; folk
social; societal; societary
still; even now; to this day