incident; affair; happening; event
state of mind; mentality; psychology
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to be skillful (skilful); to be clever
to win favour; to win favor
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
killing two birds with one stone
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
Bon and year-end festivals
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
mid-year gift; summer gift
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
down to earth; reasonable
your husband; her husband
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
established practice; custom
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
night stall; night shop; night fair