fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
tide; current; tendency; trend
tedious; boring; being fed up with
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
shoji (paper sliding door)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
department store; department
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
double suicide; lovers' suicide
rather; sooner; preferably
sea of fire; sea of flame
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
bank; banking institution
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
every person; each one; everybody
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to alternate; to take turns
introspection; reflection on one's self
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
which one; one of; any of
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)