powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
that day; the very same day
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to go out and away; to leave
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
I see; that's right; indeed
older sister; lass; young lady
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
the real criminal; true culprit
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
book; volume; this; present; main; head
court (of law); courtroom
any more; any further; any better; any longer
the prosecution; prosecution side