suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
change; transition; vicissitudes
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
lethality; killing effectiveness
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
maglev; magnetic levitation
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to kill by burning to death
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
receiving an electric shock
to run through; to run past
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain