blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
risk aversion; risk reduction
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
death from prostration; death from emaciation
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
if you curse someone, dig two graves