greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
suspicious character (person, figure)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
things depend on how you look at them
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
toss (of a ball); tossing; (coin) toss
(right at the) side; just beside
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
otherwise; or else; if not
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
clearing one's throat; cough
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
set of three; three sets; three classes