discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
attendance; participation; presence
job title; name of one's position
to call each other; to call out to one another
subterranean drain; culvert; conduit
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
to become sinewy (e.g. of muscles); to become stringy; to become stiff; to become stiff (of attitude or conversation); to become formal; to become ceremonial
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
great numbers; numerical superiority
to blame; to find fault with
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
preparing for action or battle
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
haughty; holding one's head high
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to wear a sword at one's side
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)