to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
warp; curvature; curve; arch
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
roundabout way (of speaking or working)
ahead; before; the future
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
casting; cast-metal object
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
living room (Western style); sitting room
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
dyeing; printing; blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
dancing and clapping one's hands with joy
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
reality; actuality; hard fact
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
course; route; path; process; means
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
dice; die; baton (of command)