system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
bet; wager; stake; gamble
smoothly; easily; readily
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
chance; opportunity; occasion
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
something like ...; something called ...
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
disinformation; false information
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to ask a question; to ask questions
to have meaning; to be meaningful
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
here and there; in places
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position