firmly rooted; deep-seated
to speak; to say; to vocalize
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
as you see; as you can see
(earning or paying) no interest
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
just because; even if; even though
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
otherwise; or else; if not
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
open air; outdoors; outside
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
the same as something was reputed to be