depravity; corruption; degradation
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to tower above; to stand out
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
toddling; taking tottering steps
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
course; route; path; process; means
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
(one's) quota; assignment
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
winning from another's discarded tile
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
invisibly; secretly; privately
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
half and half; fifty-fifty
treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean