firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to stare back at; to look back at
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
present continuous tense; present progressive form
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
goodness; excellence; virtue
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
fixed; obvious; commonplace
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
death penalty; capital punishment
hell on earth; living hell
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing