imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
completely; entirely; totally
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
Yama; judge of the afterlife
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to stick it out (until the end)
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
laughing foolishly; cackling
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
inconstant; unchastity; unprincipled
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
and yet; despite (all) that
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up