practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
critical moment; do-or-die situation
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
to have no chance (of succeeding)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
guess; speculation; supposition
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
testimony; (verbal) evidence
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
guess; conjecture; surmise
absolutely; positively; decidedly
reigning; controlling; dictating
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to understand; to make out
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
weakening; emaciation; decline
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
crown; diadem; bottle cap
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
demon of ill health; disease
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
other; another; over; more than; I; me