root, principle cause (of a problem) / prime culprit, instigator, leader of a criminal gang

現況: present state, present condition / 元凶: root cause; prime culprit

heinous, atrocious

something heinous, an atrocity

lye, originally the clear alkaline liquid left after leaching wood ash in water / scum, the coagulated proteins and fats that gather on the surface of a pot of boiling food

相島: a surname

(Shizuoka, Yamanashi) heel

something rotten or broken: trash, garbage, waste, dross / (by extension) something worthless

(kabuki) A play; a kabuki piece. / (theater) Kyogen, a humorous theater piece, frequently presented as a comic interlude in a program of noh performances.

the present state, the present condition