usurpation; taking back; dispossession
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
restoration; repair; mending
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
discipline; training; teaching manners
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
honor; honour; credit; prestige
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
treating someone like a child
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
environment; circumstance
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
stagnation; hindrance; delay
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
independent action; acting alone
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
hard to reach place; remote place
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
to make merry; to be festive
to have a talk; to tell a story
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
near oneself; close to one; familiar
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance