hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to think of; to come up with
kindness; intimacy; friendship
the West; the Occident; Western countries
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
the opposite sex; isomerism
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
foreign; abroad; overseas
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
difficult problem; challenge
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to shade an account; to add something extra
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still