offense; offence; crime; punishment
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
to smear with blood; to kill
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
Kai Ken (Japanese dog breed)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to cut; to slit; to slash
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
every day and every night; day after day; daily
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
mishap; misfortune; calamity; ominous word; ill-omened word
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
general; popular; common; typical
3rd day of the month; three days
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
ejection; eviction; dispossession