not bad; not half bad; pretty good
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
to backfire; to have a harmful result
handless; armless; vineless plant; (arch.) sleeveless undergarment; (arch.) sleeveless haori; (arch.) menstruation
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
the Alps; range of high mountains
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
famous scene (e.g. in a movie or play)
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536-1565), Shougun 1545-1565
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
garden (esp. with trees); park
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
cotton gloves; working gloves
to blacken; to make black
camp stove and cooking utensils; outdoor cooking set; surgical artery forceps; Kocher forceps