evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
ruler and ruled; master and servant
revision (of text); alteration; change
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
casualties; injuries and deaths
maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)
to be a sign of; to be an omen for
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
shallow view; superficial idea
opinion in writing; written opinion; argument
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
personal opinion; selfishness
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
bottom current; undercurrent
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
severe punishment; rigorous measures
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy