base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
master; masterhand; maestro
leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
to have the blues; to be depressed
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
Nichiren school of Buddhism
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
reality; actuality; hard fact
literally; to the letter; literal
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
marshy rice field or paddy
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
boiled and half-dried bonito
study; research; investigation
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
recommendation of an influential person
having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits