batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
rule; reign; government; governing
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to incur someone's enmity
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to press a question; to cross-examine
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
at that time; in those days
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to gather strength; to take heart
future; possible; potential; prospective
exploitation; overuse; abuse
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
sensual love; love affair
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd