(arch.) carpenter's square; perpendicularity; straightness; model; standard
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
life and death; life or death
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
difficult to ...; hard to ...
living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
sympathy; compassion; pity
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to pick up; to find; to gather
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
system; organization; organisation; architecture
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly