irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
very loud volume; megavolume
(doing something) in tears
I have nothing to do with it
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
being crazy about something, but not be good at it
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient