infancy; childhood; tender age
time; hour; season; time of the year
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
mean bastard; sneak; heel; despicable person
to send or direct a person to
punishment; judgement; judgment
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to leave the government service
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
body; group; party; company; troupe
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to make a vow; to take an oath
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
decision; determination; resolution
situated deep in the mountains
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
few decades; many decades; several decades
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree