quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
housing district; residential district
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
peace preservation; security; safety
league; federation; union
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
the same; the said; likewise
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
point in question (at issue)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
terrain; geographical features; topography
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
rationality; reasonableness
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people