Table 5 Semantic fields shared by the two thematic words in translation.

General Negativity

bulging, opium (2), despise (3), despicable (2), contempt (3), contemptible, shame-lessness, ugly, scum (2), notorious, prostitutes (2), filthy, disgust, disgusting (3), detested, rats, rat-eaters

puffy, opium (3), weak (3), disdain, despised (3), despicable, damned, debased, ugly, broken-down, doormats, vulgar, expelled, dirty, filthy (2), smelly, stupid, disgusting, repulsive (2), detestation, mouse-eating

puffed, opium (4), despised, despise(s) (2), despising, degraded, uncivil, shamelessness, ugly (2), prostitutes (2), foul, dirty, smelly, fools, rat-eating, disagreeable, detestable, detests, loathsome (3), nasty (4)

puffy, opium (3), disdain (3), contempt (2), despised, notoriously, crippled, expelled, rat-eating, stinking, filthy (2), murky, prostitutes, empty-headed, disgusting, unsightly, nasty, detested, dislike

Treachery, Crime, Peril

treacherous, deceitful, poisoned (2), poison (3), crime, murder (2), murderers, kill, slaughtering, assassins, arson, arsonists, robber, robbery, dangerous, lawless, Godless

schemers, plotters, deceptively, poison (4), poisoners, poisonous, poisoning, murder (2), murderous, slaughtered (3), massacres, assassination, arsonous, munitions, thief, rape, sadistic, cruel, lawless, recklessness, knives, harm

underhand, poisoners, poison (4), sinister (3), murder (3), murderers, murderous, murdering, massacred, arson, arsonists, arms, fire-raising, robbery, rapists, lawless, cruel, barbarian, danger, threatens, horrible

treachery, treacherous, cunning, sinister (3), poison (4), poisoned, venomous, curse(s) (3), murder (2), arms, robbery, arsonists, murderous, slaughtering, killed, assassins, rape, delinquents, ruthless, fierceness, chaotic, uncivil, riot, knives

Dehumanization

noseless, flat-nosed, slit-eyed, monsters, creatures (2), objects, devils (4), demon-escort

flat-nosed, slanty-eyed, creatures (2), demons, devil (s) (4), pawns

flat-capped, flat-nosed, slit-eyed, noseless, creatures, objects, monsters, demon, subhuman

stub-nosed, pancake-faced, flat-nosed, slanty-eyed, skull-capped (2), creatures (2), monsters, objects, devil

Japanese Superiority

Japanese (9), companies, banks, businesses, artillery, planes, gentleman, pride, fear, admiration, complimentary

Japanese (11), banks, companies, enterprises, cannon, airplanes, fear, gentleman, handsome

Japanese (9), banks, businesses, guns, steamships, aeroplanes, gentleman, flatter, merit, handsome

Japanese (12), cannons, warships, gentleman, respect, fear