to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
strategist; tactician; schemer
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; various things
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful