Vocabulary

crime; offense; offence

person with a criminal record; violent criminal

assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon

violent robber; villain

outlaw; rebel; rioter

Kyodo News (abbr)

catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster

fierce

wicked gang

to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

to cut at; to slash at

road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting

man of ability

edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman

sharp and able person

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

only; just; merely; no more than

gold mine

loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist

model; pattern; copy

arts; crafts; handicrafts

performing art; technique (in a performing art)

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

to keep alive on; to stretch food to make ends meet

land readjustment; town planning

every clause

various; varied; diverse; divergent; divided

multiplication table

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter

decayed leaves

to taste; to try (food or drink)

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

typesetting; composition

braid; plaited cord

being unable to live up to one's position; being unworthy of one's rank

jellyfish

tedious talk; repetition; complaint

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

iron