secretary; councillor; councilor
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
severely beaten up; thoroughly defeated; completely destroyed; severely damaged; battered; beat-up
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
(short) rest; breather; break
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas