20 years old; (arch.) twenty
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to kill by burning to death
war; fighting; fierce competition
selective; optional; alternative
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
in proportion to; just as much as
entropy; entropy (information theory)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
long ago; once upon a time
to go out and away; to leave
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
three days and three nights
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable