being upright and cleanhanded
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
to become rustic; to be countrified
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
interference; meddling; butting in
trade; buying and selling
quarrel; dispute; argument
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to be prominent; to be conspicuous