blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
each place; various places
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of