reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
royal capital; imperial capital
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
job; work; duties; trade; skill
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to be entwined; to be involved
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
lawless area; lawless district
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
running as fast as one can
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
transactions; dealings; business
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious