specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
large build; large pattern
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
emperor (of Japan); mikado
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
site visit (auditors, public accountants, etc.)
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
blue-green; turquoise; aqua; (arch.) spirogyra; (arch.) algae forming pond scum