intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
self-styled humanitarian; person acting under the pretence of chivalry while participating in gangs and engaging in gambling
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
beyond this point; from now on; after this
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
no!; no no!; no, not at all
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
will; testament; last request
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
happiness in the next world
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment