to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
failure; abortive (attempt, action)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
occurring naturally (without human influence)
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to begin to speak; to begin to explain
way (of doing); manner; method; means
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
departure; leaving; going away; recession
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
representative government
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs