to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
imprudence; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misunderstanding
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
ordinary person; unenlightened person
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
manners; courtesy; etiquette
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
insolent fellow; rude fellow
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
very; much; greatly; a lot of
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
information; experience; knowledge; observation
discovery; detection; finding
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
in the future; another day; later
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine