conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
otherwise; or else; if not
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to establish; to formulate
have to do; must; should; ought to
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to stare back at; to look back at
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
people; citizens; subjects; folk
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
one's home country; one's homeland
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
a long time ago; long ago
deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed