art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
had better ...; had better not ...
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to repeat; to do something over again
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
March; third month of the lunar calendar
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
pregnancy; conception; gestation
married woman; another's wife
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
now that; since; so long as; because
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
about when; about what time; how soon
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect