in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
repentance; confession; penitence
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
cartoon-character costume
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
mud; muddy; covered in mud
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
cannot be compared with; no match for
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding