small brazier; hand-warmer
briskly with small steps; trotting
slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
waste; lavish spending; dissipation
period of youth; while young
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
sun; saint; San (people); son
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
symbol; code; sign; notation
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
blazing heat; scorching sun
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
to sit for an examination
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan