audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
praise; glorification; extolment
Bernkastel (Germany); Bernkastel
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
agricultural land; farmland
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
stealthily; secretly; in secret
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
reinforcement; strengthening
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
descendant; progeny; offspring
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
all one has; all one's possessions
a long time ago; long ago
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
eating; bite (in fishing)
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
had better ...; may as well ...
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard