attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
sake brewer; sake brewery
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
(your) daughter; young woman
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; (lit.) (giving) a metal rod to an ogre
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
transactions; dealings; business
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
how can (one) do something
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
prejudice; bias; distorted view
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
being very good at; strongest point
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
Senke school of tea ceremony
in the future; another day; later
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
diploma; licence; license
license; permit; licence; certificate
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
(not) even once; (not) ever
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little