self-determination; suicide
badness; evilness; bad; evil
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to step on (something) and break it
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
everything working out as desired
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to thrust down; to push off
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
critical moment; do-or-die situation
nonchalantly; without a care
wrong; different; not like that
footboard; gangplank; scaffolding board
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
cannot tell one thing from another; cannot distinguish (e.g. good from bad)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times