failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
property; fortune; assets
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
planting; planting out; transplanting
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
long ago; once upon a time
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
to come from; to have roots in
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
compound word; compound term
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
ancient time; age of the gods
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to shake one's head (in denial)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)