malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
softly; mildly; gently; politely
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
negotiations; discussions; connection
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
direct control; direct supervision
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
periodic; regular; routine
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
in accordance with; according to
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
observation; survey; watching
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
punishment; judgement; judgment
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
decapitation; decapitated head