even if; even though; however; no matter how
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
slight; insignificant; small
social unrest; public anxiety
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
chit; sales slip; voucher
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to take away; to carry off
superiority complex; sense of superiority
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to graduate from a university
alma mater clique; old school tie
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
primitive; crude; archaic
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport