heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
body; physique; build; stature
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
just because; even if; even though
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
belief; faith; conviction
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
menial; meanness; servility; abject
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
everybody; every last one of them; all
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
discipline; training; teaching manners
tearful face; tear-stained face
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
versatile entertainer; all-round performer; person skilled in their craft