negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to put one's strength into
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to cut; to slit; to cut open
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
selection; choice; option
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
although I say; although one might say; although called
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
participation; joining; entry; adherence
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to imitate; to follow; to emulate