(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
muddy water; red-light district
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to toady; to be obsequious
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
corrupt practices; bad habit
love and believe in; intimacy
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
because; the reason why is
to commit a crime; to do evil
way out; means to escape; escape route
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
posing a question; question
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to grow up; to become an adult
hill size (in ski jumping); HS
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
eight (long cylindrical things)
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation