daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
(not) a single person; (no) one
meditation; silent contemplation
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
to be boiled; to be cooked
at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to lick someone's boots; to flatter
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
white (complexion); fair-skinned
handsome young man; Adonis
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
resentment; indignation; anger
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare