impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
environment; circumstance
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
on the way back; returning
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
iron (steel) wire; Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to have a talk; to tell a story
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
pointing out; identification
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut