ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
successively; one after another
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
at once; there and then; immediately
charcoal; charred remains
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
depending on; dependent on
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
right in the midst of; right at the height of
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
at that time; in those days
student; follower; students and pupils
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
kindness; intimacy; friendship