beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
misrepresentation; false statement
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
there being no use in arguing (about it)
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
polite; courteous; hospitable
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
true state; actual condition; reality
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
charitable person; philanthropist
subordinate work; assistant; servant
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident