originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
unexpectedly; surprisingly
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
since when; from when; how long
reproachful; hateful; bitter
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
treating (someone) like an object
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
nothing but; none other than
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
(your) daughter; young woman
sense of loss; feeling of loss
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
water and moon; the Moon reflected on the water; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
to be reflected in a mirror