going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
literature; books (reference); document
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
jumping out; running out (e.g. into the street); dashing out; springing out
hitting the ball squarely; matching correctly (e.g. engaging a clutch)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
by sheer strength; by brute force
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to take back; to recapture
strategy meeting; council of war