strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
treatment (of a person); dealing with
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
intuition; instinct; hunch
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
cease-fire; truce; armistice
common front; united front
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
water vapour; water vapor; steam
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
one by one; one each; one at a time
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
simmering; (boiling) gently
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard; Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)