at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
too much; excessively; too
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
underneath a Japanese plum tree
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
social; societal; societary
proper; respectable; decent; honest
difficult to ...; hard to ...
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
second offense; second offence
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
vicious circle; vicious cycle
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary