tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
rear carrier of a palanquin
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
to discuss; to talk together
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
high-grade sake; fine drink
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
called; known as; that; to say
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
very loose; slowly; leisurely
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
opposite side; opposition
without permission; without notice
party-internal; within the party
small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
without notice; without leave (e.g. absence); unregistered; unreported (e.g. marriage, business, etc.)
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead