pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
intimidation; threat; bluster
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
shelter; refuge; protected place
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
shooting down (an aircraft)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
hateful; detestable; loathsome
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range