displaying books face-outwards
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to become locked; to lock
serves you right!; see what happens!
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
hating; strongly disliking
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
flustered; confused; panicked
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
southern part; the south (of a region)
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
lifting a child high up in the air
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
shameless; shameless person
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
badge of rank; rank insignia
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
omniscience (of a buddha)
postwar period; period after Second World War
the other day; some time ago; recently
androgynous; gender-neutral
machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
decorum; propriety; politeness
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning