selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
while; during; while; although; all; both
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)