ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
action of making something; -ification
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
going around; patrol; round; tour
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
template; run of the mill; formulaic
balance wheel (in a watch); balance
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled