drop (e.g. of water); drip
encapsulated type; closed type (e.g. headphones); sealed type
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
one way or the other; either way
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
coastal waters; adjacent seas
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
outer space; void of space
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
suspicious character (person, figure)
street; quarter; district; area
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to find fault with; to question
to prevent; to take precautions
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
ready-made; common-law (wife)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
United Nations Secretariat
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
mysterious thief; phantom thief