bento; Japanese box lunch
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to hide; to keep to oneself
living room (Western style); sitting room
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to watch for an unguarded moment
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
this and that; something or other; one thing or another
to detain; to check; to restrain
dullard; indecisive person
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
book; volume; this; present; main; head
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine