face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
I see; that's right; indeed
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
vocational school; technical school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
scenery; scene; landscape
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
without permission; without notice
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
such; like that; that sort of; very
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you