fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
white horse; unrefined sake
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
three; three years of age
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
since then; from that time; ever since
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
starting point; point of departure
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
meaning; significance; sense
from the beginning; from scratch
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
as (for); for; in the capacity of