food; foodstuff; prey; victim
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to subsist; to keep on living
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
endurance; perseverance; patience
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank