skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. the Cheng-Zhu school of neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Shingaku (Edo-period moral philosophy)
bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
destination; place one stays during a trip
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
highbrow; high-toned; transcendent; transcendental
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
looks; features; (personal) appearance
restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
manly; masculine; like a man
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
other side; opposite side; other party
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner