metal fittings; metal fixtures
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
to have a talk; to tell a story
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
boasting; bragging; talking big
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
determination; resolution
leopard (Panthera pardus)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext