poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
88 years old; (arch.) rice
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to satisfy; to answer the purpose; to make convenient
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
one's own child; one's own children
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
supreme; greatest; highest; best
proposal; offer; request; application
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
otherwise; or else; if not
each nation; many nations; many countries
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
beyond this point; from now on; after this
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
skilled manager; resourceful general
enlightenment; development; edification; public awareness; illumination; education
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord