lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
regret; repentance; remorse
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of; very
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
inside; interior; inner part
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
if so; in that case; in that situation
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
quick-witted; quick to understand
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to raise one's voice; to shout