Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
technique; art; skill; move
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
way of eating; how to eat
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
at once; immediately; right now
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to rush over; to run up to
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter