looks; personal appearance; features
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
every person; each one; everybody
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
distributed, decentralized arrangement
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to stiffen; to become stiff
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
general; popular; common; typical
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to bury; to embed; to implant
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
hostile relations; hostile relationship