to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
latent disposition; inner feelings
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
dispute; argument; contention
that kind; competition; match
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
badness; evilness; bad; evil
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
(present) head of a family
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
varieties; different kinds
calamity; disaster; accident
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
in great amount; considerably; substantially; quite
accidental death; casualty
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
squint eye; cross-eye; strabismus
main question; real issue at hand
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
stupid brat; son of a bitch
exemption; exoneration; discharge