crime; criminal act; offence; offense
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
much less; to say nothing of
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
imagination; supposition; guess
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
class; heading; group; category
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
crisis in a battle; death
rice polishing; polished rice
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
edge of the eaves; house frontage
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
along the river; riverside
preliminary investigation; preparation
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom