bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to throw away; to abandon
weatherbeaten; exposed to rain
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
raising and lowering; loading and unloading (cargo); praising and criticizing
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
connection; link; relationship
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to bloom in profusion; to bloom wildly; to flower abundantly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)