voluntary questioning (by the police); voluntary interview
a wife should do her husband's bidding
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
heritage railway train (typically running on a scenic tramway previously used for logging or mining); sightseeing train
human rights violation; trampling on human rights
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (arch.) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed
to walk away; to saunter off
stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
gloomy and depressing; mournful
undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
initial investigation (by police)
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
artists' world; painting circles
referring a case to a public prosecutor
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
within the blood; blood-borne
lack of evidence; insufficient evidence
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye