teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
such; this sort of; like this
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
reality; actuality; hard fact
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
heart; guts; nerve; central part
one more time; once more; once again
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
outdoor unit (esp. air conditioner condenser)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
difficult to eat; unpalatable
you (plural); all of you; you all
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
concealment; suppression; hiding
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour