leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
all sorts of; all kinds of
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to check (in chess); to threaten (someone's position, etc.); to close in (on someone)
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to be second to none (in)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
falling over; toppling sideways
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
rudder; ladder; ladder (PLC programming paradigm)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
because; for; the reason why is ...
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
in the early period (of something); at the beginning