absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
Matsumoto Seichou (1909.12.21-1992.8.4)
garden (esp. with trees); park
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
no, not like that (but like this)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
hard to get; hard to come by
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district