rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
but; however; provided that
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
deductive reasoning; deduction
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
majority group (party, faction)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
frame; framework; outline
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
riskiness; (level of) danger
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
members; member; constituent
responsibility; duty; obligation
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
great numbers; numerical superiority
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to perceive; to understand
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to live fast (and recklessly)