bribe; money under the table
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
existence; possession; having; limited company
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
to show signs of; to appear
accomplishment; execution
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
according to plan; as planned; on target
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
because; for; the reason why is ...
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
mobilization; mobilisation
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
to be at a loss for words
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
high class; esteemed; cherished
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
body of Christ (Eucharist)
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)