old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
this for sure; certainly is
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
surroundings; environs; circumference
grasp; catch; understanding
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
order of chivalry; chivalric order
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air