debut work; one's first work
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
please (give me); please (do for me)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
carrying out one's original intention
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to be touching; to be moving
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
adaptability; flexibility
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
inside one's heart; in one's mind
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank