bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
recompense; indemnity; atonement
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
confidence; trust; faith; credit
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
to harm; to cause harm to
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
the Emperor's person or presence
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
overconfidence; someone who is overconfident; wrongly believing to have attained enlightenment