gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
common people; ordinary people; masses
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
regulation; adjustment; control
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
sense of values; values; value system
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to handle (something) carelessly; to mistreat (somebody); to waste (e.g. food, money)
powerful person; influential person
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion