aggression; invasion; raid
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to be erected; to be built
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
it's not like; it isn't as if
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
one's whole heart; everything one feels
to speak ill of; to disparage
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person