basis; foundation; grounds; authority
swindler; imposter; crook
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
place; room; margin; scope
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
justice; fairness; impartiality
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
production (e.g. play); direction
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
(listed in) no particular order; arbitrary order; random order
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation