lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
(physically) disabled; handicapped
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
eye for people; ability to judge character
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
underworld; underside of society
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
one's work environment; job conditions
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
does not; do not; will not do
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
lover; mistress; kept woman
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
four corners; four ordinal directions
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
source of funds; resources; finances
pioneer; settler; colonist
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice