cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
rather; better; instead; if anything
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
button (clothing); push-button
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
by means of; due to; because of; according to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
consequence; outcome; result; blame
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
adds force or indicates command
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
final; eventual; ultimate
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly