teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
clothes; clothing; garments
blow; shock; strike; batting
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
it's been a long time; long time no see
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
boastful speech; bragging
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
very careful; thoroughly prepared
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to look away; to avert one's eyes
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
forcibly; against one's will
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
instead; but (on the other hand)
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar