above all; especially; particularly; all the more
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
Luan; Rouen (France); Rouyn (Canada)
common person; foolish commoner
one of these days; someday; one day
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
should do; ought to do; must do
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
slap (sound of a flat object continuously striking something); splash
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up
without doubt; certain; sure
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
detached; aloof; indifferent